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AN ELABORATE LACQUER PICNIC SET (SAGE-JUBAKO)
edo period (19th century)
Of roiro-nuri lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, gold and silver foil, and with togidashi and kirigane accents with plant medallions and broken floral latticework, comprising: a four-tier round jubako, a double-sectioned rectangular container recessed and lacquered in rogin on the lid to support the sake flask, and an upper rectangular drawer; also fitted with a rectangular footed tray decorated in gold and silver foil, gold hiramaki-e and togidashi with chrysanthemums by a stream on a nashiji ground and with five rectangular trays with canted corners designed with seasonal plants in matching lacquer, a red lacquer cup decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with paulownia, signed Koma, and a large silver sake bottle (tokkuri) cast as an ovoid bottle with stopper in the form of a pleated 'brocade' cover engraved with similar floral roundels on a latticework ground; the interiors of the various compartments red lacquer with fundame rims and the interior and base of the frame nashiji--14 5/8 x 7¾ x 13 5/8in. (37.3 x 19.7 x 34.7cm.)
edo period (19th century)
Of roiro-nuri lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, gold and silver foil, and with togidashi and kirigane accents with plant medallions and broken floral latticework, comprising: a four-tier round jubako, a double-sectioned rectangular container recessed and lacquered in rogin on the lid to support the sake flask, and an upper rectangular drawer; also fitted with a rectangular footed tray decorated in gold and silver foil, gold hiramaki-e and togidashi with chrysanthemums by a stream on a nashiji ground and with five rectangular trays with canted corners designed with seasonal plants in matching lacquer, a red lacquer cup decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with paulownia, signed Koma, and a large silver sake bottle (tokkuri) cast as an ovoid bottle with stopper in the form of a pleated 'brocade' cover engraved with similar floral roundels on a latticework ground; the interiors of the various compartments red lacquer with fundame rims and the interior and base of the frame nashiji--14 5/8 x 7¾ x 13 5/8in. (37.3 x 19.7 x 34.7cm.)