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AN INLAID SOFT-METAL LACQUER BOX
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), METALWORK SIGNED SHORAKUSAI KATSUHIDE AND SEALED KEIUN
The rectangular box set on four bracket feet fitted with two deep, rectangular drawers which slide from side to side, the lid of the box stationary, the cover decorated in soft metal with two large pheasants worked in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt standing on a slightly mottled iron ground applied with scattered soft metal plants and leaves, the background of the lid gold lacquer, the sides of the box decorated in togidashi and gold hiramaki-e with water plants by a meandering stream set on a roiro ground lavishly sprinkled with gold, the interiors of the sliding boxes bright nashiji- 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (24.3 x 18.7 x 8.4 cm.)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), METALWORK SIGNED SHORAKUSAI KATSUHIDE AND SEALED KEIUN
The rectangular box set on four bracket feet fitted with two deep, rectangular drawers which slide from side to side, the lid of the box stationary, the cover decorated in soft metal with two large pheasants worked in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt standing on a slightly mottled iron ground applied with scattered soft metal plants and leaves, the background of the lid gold lacquer, the sides of the box decorated in togidashi and gold hiramaki-e with water plants by a meandering stream set on a roiro ground lavishly sprinkled with gold, the interiors of the sliding boxes bright nashiji- 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (24.3 x 18.7 x 8.4 cm.)