A FINE LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) WITH A PHEASANT ON ROCKS

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$ 23 750
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01.10.2020 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 402953
Lot 13 | A FINE LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) WITH A PHEASANT ON ROCKS
Decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, kimpun, with inlays of solid gold and silver against a black ground with hirame, with a pheasant perched on a gnarled pine tree, the inside of the cover with a farming village set amongst hills beside a waterfall cascading through rocks down towards rice fields and a shoreline, thatched dwellings to the lower left, three descending geese overhead, all against a dense nashiji ground, fitted with a slate inkstone, the reverse with incised inscription Kenkon seiseki Nakamura Chobei [Nakamura Chobei, the purest stone in the universe] and kakihan, and copper-gilt water dropper in the form of a zither (koto), two fitted inner trays decorated with geese in flight above trees and rocks
23 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm. (9 x 81/2 x 13/4 in.)
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