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A SMALL LACQUER BOX
edo period (19th century)
Of hexagonal form decorated on the lid with plovers circling above rocks and crashing waves in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane on a roiro ground, the sides lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with a continuous landscape of rolling hills and trees, fundame rim, the underside of the lid designed in gold hiramaki-e with a flowering peony branch, the interior nashiji--4in. (10.2cm.) wide, 2in. (5.1cm.) high
edo period (19th century)
Of hexagonal form decorated on the lid with plovers circling above rocks and crashing waves in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane on a roiro ground, the sides lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with a continuous landscape of rolling hills and trees, fundame rim, the underside of the lid designed in gold hiramaki-e with a flowering peony branch, the interior nashiji--4in. (10.2cm.) wide, 2in. (5.1cm.) high