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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
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A Gold Lacquer Box With Kirikane-Gyobu Ground
Meiji Period (Late 19th/early 20th Century)
The cover and sides of the box decorated in gold, silver and red takamakie, kirikane, tsukegaki and kakiwari on a most unusual ground, consisting of the gold square of the kirikane technique distributed evenly but not geometrically over the surface in the manner of gyobu, the squares set in a background of fine, evenly and densely sprinkled gold powder, the rims of the box and cover silver, the interior and base nashiji
3 x 6 x 4.7/8in. (7.8 x 15.1 x 12.4cm.)
Meiji Period (Late 19th/early 20th Century)
The cover and sides of the box decorated in gold, silver and red takamakie, kirikane, tsukegaki and kakiwari on a most unusual ground, consisting of the gold square of the kirikane technique distributed evenly but not geometrically over the surface in the manner of gyobu, the squares set in a background of fine, evenly and densely sprinkled gold powder, the rims of the box and cover silver, the interior and base nashiji
3 x 6 x 4.7/8in. (7.8 x 15.1 x 12.4cm.)