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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
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A FINE SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS]
Edo Period (Late 17th-Early 18th Century)
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the flush-fitting lid with an unusual undulating pewter rim, the exterior gyobu nashiji decorated in gold, black, red and silver takamaki-e, kirikane, hiramaki-e, nashiji, depicting a cockerel, a hen and three chicks beside a group of rocks, the interior of both box and lid decorated with a rustic village set in a valley beside a lake in a mountainous landscape, inkstone and gilt copper waterdropper decorated with red and grey shippo enamel and shakudo on a nanako ground, silver rims
23.4cm. long
Edo Period (Late 17th-Early 18th Century)
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the flush-fitting lid with an unusual undulating pewter rim, the exterior gyobu nashiji decorated in gold, black, red and silver takamaki-e, kirikane, hiramaki-e, nashiji, depicting a cockerel, a hen and three chicks beside a group of rocks, the interior of both box and lid decorated with a rustic village set in a valley beside a lake in a mountainous landscape, inkstone and gilt copper waterdropper decorated with red and grey shippo enamel and shakudo on a nanako ground, silver rims
23.4cm. long
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