u/Pure-Arugula6942

Hoping to learn more about this small lidded lacquer box (~4” diameter). It’s Japanese, and it came to my family from a Japanese friend with its original wooden storage box (tomobako) in 1950s. There are etched/carved marks on the lid and on the base that I can’t read.

Techniques, as best I can tell:

**•**	Iridescent green/blue ground = crushed shell inlay (raden / aogai)  
**•**	Scrolling gold vines and banded rim = tiny cut-gold squares (kirikane)  
**•**	White shell florals  
**•**	Gold-flecked interior (nashiji)

I’d love help with: whether anyone can read the carved marks (and any inscription on the tomobako lid), roughly how old it might be, the maker if identifiable, how much it might be worth, and where I should take it to get appraised or to sell it. Thanks so much!