19TH CENTURY
Details
A Nagasaki lacquered copper box
19th Century
With a hinged cover decorated in aogai, hirame, hiramakie, and kirikane with houses by a bay, rocks and mountains, the side of the box with sprays of flowers, scratches, chips and some inlay missing
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) wide
19th Century
With a hinged cover decorated in aogai, hirame, hiramakie, and kirikane with houses by a bay, rocks and mountains, the side of the box with sprays of flowers, scratches, chips and some inlay missing
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) wide
Literature
For a detailed survey of these rare boxes, see Mike Dean, Mr Annesley's Tobacco Box, Other Examples and Matters Pertaining, in the International Netsuke Society Journal, Volume 16, No. 3, Fall 1996.