Black lacquer box ''Chrysanthemums at the East Fence'', Japan, probably Edo period (1603-1868), wooden body covered with black lacquer (jap. urushi) (box and lid with lacing eyelets in the shape of paulownia) followed by gold-silver decoration applied in light relief of the so-called ''Chrysanthemums at the East Fence'' towering up together with autumn grasses. Chrysanthemums at the East Fence'', the wonderful chrysanthemums at the bamboo fence of the estate of the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming, imperceptible crack and lacquer lesion at the lid, 25x8cm