A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)

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$ 11 250
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22.09.2020 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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USA, New York
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ID 398117
Lot 40 | A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

The square box designed with a scene of Azuma kudari from the Tales of Ise in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kijiro-nuri, the interior designed with Miho Pine Forest (Miho no Matsubara) in fine gold lacquer togidashi on a black ground, fitted in the lower interior with an inkstone and silver water dropper in the form of crescent moon

9 ½ x 8 ½ x 2 in. (24.1 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm.)

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