LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A Large Lacquered Wood Bunko
Late 17th/early 18th Century
Decorated in silver and gold takamakie, kirikane, hirame and kimpun, with coral inlay to the cover, depicting two karashishi in a mountain landscape, the inside of the cover with mountains, cherry blossoms and a river bank on a nashiji ground, the box with nashiji to the interior, the exterior in wood, the underside in hirame, (old damage to the lacquer and some stains and scratches to the wood, cover slightly warped)
39.6cm long
Late 17th/early 18th Century
Decorated in silver and gold takamakie, kirikane, hirame and kimpun, with coral inlay to the cover, depicting two karashishi in a mountain landscape, the inside of the cover with mountains, cherry blossoms and a river bank on a nashiji ground, the box with nashiji to the interior, the exterior in wood, the underside in hirame, (old damage to the lacquer and some stains and scratches to the wood, cover slightly warped)
39.6cm long