ID 500122
Lot 56 | A SET OF LACQUER STATIONERY BOX (RYOSHIBAKO) AND WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Both boxes finely decorated in gold and polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, kirigane and inlaid gold and silver foil on hirame ground, exterior of stationery box designed with two lions and peonies, exterior of writing box designed with a lion by waterfall, interiors of both lids designed with eagle on stand, interiors of both boxes on fine nashiji ground; the writing box fitted with silver lion-shaped water dropper, an inkstone and two brushes
Stationery box 17 ¼ x 13 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (43.8 x 34.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Writing box 10 ½ x 8 ¾ x 2 3/8 in. (26.7 x 22.2 x 6 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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| Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
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