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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A TEBAKO [COSMETIC BOX]
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
Gyobu nashiji ground; decoration in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with coral, silver and gilt metal and foil; interior nashiji; rims silver
The exterior with images from Chapter 23, Hatsune [The First Warbler] of the eleventh-century novel Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji; see also lot 65]: in the centre a gilt metal uguisu [bush warbler] on flowering plum branches, in the lower foreground a garden fence and on the left a corner of Genji's Rokujo mansion
5 x 8 x 9½in. (12.8 x 20.3 x 24.2cm.)
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
Gyobu nashiji ground; decoration in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with coral, silver and gilt metal and foil; interior nashiji; rims silver
The exterior with images from Chapter 23, Hatsune [The First Warbler] of the eleventh-century novel Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji; see also lot 65]: in the centre a gilt metal uguisu [bush warbler] on flowering plum branches, in the lower foreground a garden fence and on the left a corner of Genji's Rokujo mansion
5 x 8 x 9½in. (12.8 x 20.3 x 24.2cm.)
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