AN IMPORTANT LACQUER SUTRA BOX

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21.03.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 922443
Lot 67 | AN IMPORTANT LACQUER SUTRA BOX
AN IMPORTANT LACQUER SUTRA BOX

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHOKASAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)

The deep, rectangular box with rounded corners decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with details in kinpun and kirikane, with the deity Mahamayuri Vidyaraja (Kujaku Myo-o, the Peacock Wisdom King) seated on the back of a peacock, its tail forming a large feather halo behind the deity; the peacock stands upon a lotus plant within a lotus pond; the interior and underside in fine nashiji, applied with silver rims; signature on underside of the lid

10 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (27.3 x 21.6 x 14.3 cm.)

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