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PROPERTY OF A UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
edo period, 19th century
The writing box of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with a fruiting peach tree within a grove of small pine trees beside a brook in gold hiramakie on a nashiji ground, continuing to the sides of the base and repeated on the underside of the lid, the removable implement tray with inkstone and silver waterdropper cast with blossoms
11 in. x 10¼ in. (27.9 x 26.0 cm.)
edo period, 19th century
The writing box of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with a fruiting peach tree within a grove of small pine trees beside a brook in gold hiramakie on a nashiji ground, continuing to the sides of the base and repeated on the underside of the lid, the removable implement tray with inkstone and silver waterdropper cast with blossoms
11 in. x 10¼ in. (27.9 x 26.0 cm.)