The brown lacquer box, with applied leaf decoration, is in the form of a peach, with red lacquer interior and three fitted sake cups in red lacquer decorated with various gold lacquer designs, 9.7cm.
The 1835 Burghley Inventory records: ‘Japan Closet, Japan in the Glass case opposite the door(s), sic, A Box, fruit shaped with 3 trays inside. Brown & red.’
The 1867 Burghley Inventory records: ‘Cabinets, No 88 Japan Closet, A brown and red japan fruit shaped box, with 3 trays inside.’
