Lot Essay
For a similar writing box in the Edmund J. Lewis collection, see Stephen Lewis and Edmund J. Lewis eds., Views of the Pinnacle (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2011), no. 26.
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Edo period (19th century)
Details
A lacquer writing box (suzuribako)
Edo period (19th century)
The rectangular box with rounded corners, finely decorated in gold and silver togidashi with spider web and autumn grasses, interior with scattered spider webs and autumn grasses on a mura-nashiji ground, fitted with a shibuichi water dropper in the form of hanging scroll and ink stone,
9 x 7 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (22.9 x 18.1 x 4.1 cm.)
With wood box
Edo period (19th century)
The rectangular box with rounded corners, finely decorated in gold and silver togidashi with spider web and autumn grasses, interior with scattered spider webs and autumn grasses on a mura-nashiji ground, fitted with a shibuichi water dropper in the form of hanging scroll and ink stone,
9 x 7 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (22.9 x 18.1 x 4.1 cm.)
With wood box