Lacquered wood box with black background and mother-of-pearl inlays, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, 18th-19th century Rectangular with four lobed corners. The lid is decorated with Shoulao accompanied by his deer, adorned with different varieties of flowering branches inlaid with polychrome mother-of-pearl and gold lacquer. The base of the box, mounted on four feet, is surrounded by a high vertical rim that fits into the lid, decorated, in the same inlaid mother-of-pearl technique, with auspicious characters written in different scripts: common xingshu, scribal lishu, regular kaishu and cursive caoshu. The interior of the box is lacquered red. The base and four feet are decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays, flowers and foliage. Under the base, an antique label: "À LA PORTE CHINOISE, PARIS, 36, rue Vivienne, MAGASIN DE THÉS". 40 x 33 x 12 cm Accents, cracks, gaps in the mother-of-pearl.