An inlaid-lacquer box and cover Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The rectangular wood box with edge cut in ittobori style and decorated in red and brown takamaki-e and creamic inlays, on the cover with Daruma (Bodhidharma) looking out through a hole in the wall of a temple, an incense burner on a rootwood table in the background, all against a gold-lacquer ground, the interior of the box with a continuous design of a mokugyo (Buddhist wooden bell) and striker resting on a cushion by a nyoi scepter and a rat by a hossu (ritual fly whisk) while another rat watches from above in a hole in the wall, in iro-e takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, ceramic inlays, and inlaid silver and gold hirame on a roiro-nuri ground, inscribed on the underside of the cover Gyonen hachiju o Muchuan tsukuru (Made by Muchuan at the age of 81) and with ceramic seal Kan, pewter rims and fundame edges 11 1/16 x 7 3/4 x 2in (28 x 19.5 x 5cm)