A lacquer writing box (suzuribako)
A lacquer writing box (suzuribako)

SCHOOL OF OGAWA HARITSU, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), WITH INLAID CERAMIC SEALS KAN AND NAOYUKI

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A lacquer writing box (suzuribako)
School of Ogawa Haritsu, Edo period (18th-19th century), with inlaid ceramic seals Kan and Naoyuki
The rectangular, slightly domed box with rounded corners and fitted lid decorated in gold hiramaki-e, pewter, silver and multicolored ceramic with a gold-lacquer willow above a kingfisher perched on a stake by bamboo baskets holding stones, the underside of the box set on four short bracket feet, the underside of the lid decorated with snow crystals in ceramic on a matte gold reserve in the shape of a large snow crystal and inscribed yuki ya tama menko fuhai (Snow and jewels: perfectly beautiful), the characters of which inlaid with silver on a black ground, fitted with a tray, a slate inkstone with fundame rim and a metal waterdropper (suiteki), rims pewter, seals on base
9 x 7 x 2in. (23 x 17.8 x 5.1cm.)

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