EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
edo period (19th century)
The small, rectangular writing box decorated on the exterior in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro ground with the Uji Bridge amidst clouds and willows, the clouds and banks accented with okibirame, the interior nashiji, fitted with an inkstone and a silver water dropper applied with an openwork chrysanthemum floret
4 3/8 x 4¼ x 7/8in. (11.2 x 10.8 x 2.3cm.)
edo period (19th century)
The small, rectangular writing box decorated on the exterior in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro ground with the Uji Bridge amidst clouds and willows, the clouds and banks accented with okibirame, the interior nashiji, fitted with an inkstone and a silver water dropper applied with an openwork chrysanthemum floret
4 3/8 x 4¼ x 7/8in. (11.2 x 10.8 x 2.3cm.)