ID 500121
Lot 53 | A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND MATCHING WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO SHIRAYAMA SHOSAI (1853-1923)
The rectangular box, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a fine nashiji ground with various sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crests of the Imperial Household, fitted with an inkstone, two brushes, a paper pricker, a knife and a silver water dropper in the shape of overlapping chrysanthemums, the writing table decorated en suite with finely chiseled silver mounts
Writing box 11 3/8 x 2 ¾ x 3/4 in. (28.9 x 7 x 1.9 cm.)
Writing table 13 5/8 x 3 ¾ x 23 ¼ in. (34.6 x 9.5 x 59.1 cm.)
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Place of origin: | Japan |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Place of origin: | Japan |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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