MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER POEM-SLIP BOX (TANZAKUBAKO)
meiji period (late 19th century)
The slender, slightly arched rectangular box raised on four bracket feet, lacquered on the lid and four sides in gold and silver togidashi, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and inlaid aogai on a roiro ground with plovers flying between pine trees and above waves breaking on the shore, clouds in the foreground suggested by dense patches of mura-nashiji, the interior also roiro with cloudlike bands of mura-nashiji, the base with a brilliant nashiji ground, the bracket feet fundame
15 5/8 x 3½ x 1¾in. (39.8 x 9 x 4.5cm.)
meiji period (late 19th century)
The slender, slightly arched rectangular box raised on four bracket feet, lacquered on the lid and four sides in gold and silver togidashi, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and inlaid aogai on a roiro ground with plovers flying between pine trees and above waves breaking on the shore, clouds in the foreground suggested by dense patches of mura-nashiji, the interior also roiro with cloudlike bands of mura-nashiji, the base with a brilliant nashiji ground, the bracket feet fundame
15 5/8 x 3½ x 1¾in. (39.8 x 9 x 4.5cm.)