A Japanese gold lacquer vase with monkeys, flowers and birds, Circa 1890, Meiji period. Photo courtesy Grace Tsumugi Fine Art.

A Japanese gold-lacquer vase of lozenge form, one side with two monkeys preparing kusudama (spherical decoration with tassels or ribbons for festivals) on a sudare (straw blind), another side with three monkeys viewing a scroll painting by an arrangement of camellia flowers, the other two sides with flowers and birds. Unsigned. 21.5 × 14.5 × 7.7 cm (8 1/2× 5 3/4 × 3 in.)

Grace Tsumugi Fine Art. MasterArt at TEFAF 2014. 14-23 march 2014 - http://www.masterart.com/