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UNSIGNED, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING-UTENSILS]
Unsigned, Edo/Meiji Period (19th century)
With overhanging lid; the exterior with a roiro-nuri ground modelled with ripples, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with waterweed and applied with a large carp in bronze with gold and shakudo eyes; the interior of the lid with a nashiji ground, decorated in gold, aokin, silver and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a courtier-poet under a tree by a stream; the box with a brush-tray to each side and a central panel with an opening to take the inkstone (gold-lacquered rim) and suiteki [water-dropper] of gilt bronze nanako modelled with gourds and leaves and set in a gilt-bronze recess; the trays with gold hiramaki-e plant designs on a gold nashiji ground; the base nashiji, minor damage
1 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (4.8 x 22.5 x 24.4cm.)
Unsigned, Edo/Meiji Period (19th century)
With overhanging lid; the exterior with a roiro-nuri ground modelled with ripples, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with waterweed and applied with a large carp in bronze with gold and shakudo eyes; the interior of the lid with a nashiji ground, decorated in gold, aokin, silver and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a courtier-poet under a tree by a stream; the box with a brush-tray to each side and a central panel with an opening to take the inkstone (gold-lacquered rim) and suiteki [water-dropper] of gilt bronze nanako modelled with gourds and leaves and set in a gilt-bronze recess; the trays with gold hiramaki-e plant designs on a gold nashiji ground; the base nashiji, minor damage
1 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (4.8 x 22.5 x 24.4cm.)
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