https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/77470/fullInro18th-19th centuryDiameter: 2 3/4 inches (7 cm)Gold and black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlayGift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman98.087.0070Shape round; two compartments. Nashiji lacquer ground decorated, in low relief gold, with a coiling dragon with flames. Claws inlaid with bits of iridescent mother-of-pearl. On the reverse, an archaic or stylized ideograph inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a dark-brown ground, surrounded by a band of four low-relief gold chrysanthemums on nashiji ground. The narrow side is lacquered with a pattern of overlapping circles equal on all fours sides, known as "shippo" (Seven Treasures) design. Interior, brilliant nashiji (pear-skin ground).Costume21499825790Japan98.087.007_z0001_034