ID 922443
Lot 67 | AN IMPORTANT LACQUER SUTRA BOX
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
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.)
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Meiji 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: | Meiji 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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