ID 813541
Lot 139 | A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND MATCHING WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The rectangular box with rounded corners and slightly domed cover, decorated with gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, togidashi and inlaid gold foil set against loose nashiji ground, exterior of lid designed with pine trees, river, cherry blossoms, waterfall and mountain, interior with design of chrysanthemum among rocks, mountain and waterfall, fitted with an inkstone, a silver saucer and water dropper with inlaid gold as cherry blossoms and young pine trees, the writing table decorated en suite with finely chiseled silver and gold mounts
Writing box: 10 7/8 x 10 x 2 1/8 in. (27.6 x 25.4 x 5.4 cm.)
Writing table: 13 3/8 x 23 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (34 x 60.3 x 12.1 cm.)
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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