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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
edo-meiji periods (mid 19th century)
Of rectangular shape with rounded edges decorated in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro and mura-nashiji ground with a plum tree in flower over a woven fence, the trunk brown lacquer, the blossoms gold and the small plants and rocks below gold with silver, gold hirame and kirigane accents, the underside of the lid designed with a Bugaku headdress and flute wrapped in a 'brocade' bag executed in iro-e togidashi, kirigane and aogai on a ground matching the lid, random gold and black maple leaves in low relief scattered here and on the implement tray in the lower section of the box; fitted with an inkstone and silver mizuire of gourd form applied with a tiny crawling cricket--8 x 7 1/8 x 1½in. (20.3 x 7 x 3.5cm.)
edo-meiji periods (mid 19th century)
Of rectangular shape with rounded edges decorated in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro and mura-nashiji ground with a plum tree in flower over a woven fence, the trunk brown lacquer, the blossoms gold and the small plants and rocks below gold with silver, gold hirame and kirigane accents, the underside of the lid designed with a Bugaku headdress and flute wrapped in a 'brocade' bag executed in iro-e togidashi, kirigane and aogai on a ground matching the lid, random gold and black maple leaves in low relief scattered here and on the implement tray in the lower section of the box; fitted with an inkstone and silver mizuire of gourd form applied with a tiny crawling cricket--8 x 7 1/8 x 1½in. (20.3 x 7 x 3.5cm.)