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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY),
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A LACQUERED WOOD WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO),
EDO PERIOD (18th century),
the long, rectangular box fitted with a shallow cover carved with cherry blossoms, the lower interior designed in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, okibirame and mura-nashiji with a scene of salt-gatherers, salt kilns and cottages; fitted with an implement tray with a bell-shaped inkstone and copper gourd-form mizuire in a copper saucer cast with the stems and leaves of the gourd, the base nashiji and the rims fundame
11x8¼ x 1½in. (27.8x 21.4cm.)
EDO PERIOD (18th century),
the long, rectangular box fitted with a shallow cover carved with cherry blossoms, the lower interior designed in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, okibirame and mura-nashiji with a scene of salt-gatherers, salt kilns and cottages; fitted with an implement tray with a bell-shaped inkstone and copper gourd-form mizuire in a copper saucer cast with the stems and leaves of the gourd, the base nashiji and the rims fundame
11x8¼ x 1½in. (27.8x 21.4cm.)
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This lot is offered without reserve.