A LACQUER LETTER CASE (FUBAKO)

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A LACQUER LETTER CASE (FUBAKO)
edo period (18th century)
Of rectangular form, decorated on the exterior in gold hiramaki-e, low-relief takamaki-e and gold and silver okibirame on a roiro and nashiji ground with folded strips of paper decorated with waves, flowers and various geometric motifs, the design continued on the base, the interior with matching ground, with silver fittings cast as florets
9 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8in. (23 x 6 x 4.7cm.)