A LACQUER TEA CADDY (CHAIRE)

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A LACQUER TEA CADDY (CHAIRE)
edo period (19th century)

The small basket-shaped box with removable two-part cover lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with butterflies and flowering grasses on a roiro ground, the design continued on the interior and around the edges of the roiro base--3 x 2½in. (7.7 x 6.2cm.)