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A LACQUER BOX AND COVER
(20TH CENTURY)
Of rectangular shape decorated on the lid and two sides in gold and silver takamaki-e on a roiro ground applied toward the bottom with hirame with autumn grasses and the characters for autumn moon and grasses, the gold crescent moon, rendered in gold takamaki-e, on the underside of the lid above a rippling stream, rendered in togidashi, the ground roiro-nuri applied with silver hirame and nashiji, continued in the lower section of the box--12½ x 8 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (31.7 x 22.5 x 5.3cm.), some short scratches, nicks and rubbing to surface
(20TH CENTURY)
Of rectangular shape decorated on the lid and two sides in gold and silver takamaki-e on a roiro ground applied toward the bottom with hirame with autumn grasses and the characters for autumn moon and grasses, the gold crescent moon, rendered in gold takamaki-e, on the underside of the lid above a rippling stream, rendered in togidashi, the ground roiro-nuri applied with silver hirame and nashiji, continued in the lower section of the box--12½ x 8 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (31.7 x 22.5 x 5.3cm.), some short scratches, nicks and rubbing to surface