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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO
(EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The small square writing box decorated in silver and gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and togidashi with a bundle of fish, shellfish and sea weed on a roiro-nuri ground, the interior of the lid decorated in iro-e takamaki-e on a nashiji ground with mallards, birds and plum, the lower section of the box roiro applied with nashiji and with two flower sprays in hiramaki-e; fitted with an inkstone and silver mizuire--6¼ x 6¾ x 1 3/8in. (15.8 x 17.2 x 3.5cm.), surface nicks and some scratches and rubbing
(EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The small square writing box decorated in silver and gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and togidashi with a bundle of fish, shellfish and sea weed on a roiro-nuri ground, the interior of the lid decorated in iro-e takamaki-e on a nashiji ground with mallards, birds and plum, the lower section of the box roiro applied with nashiji and with two flower sprays in hiramaki-e; fitted with an inkstone and silver mizuire--6¼ x 6¾ x 1 3/8in. (15.8 x 17.2 x 3.5cm.), surface nicks and some scratches and rubbing