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EDO PERIOD, (19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
Edo period, (19th Century)
Decorated on the cover, sides and underside of the cover and interior with a continuous felicitous wedding scene of Mount Horai, with wading crames, minogame, pine and bamboo in gold and silver takamaki-e, hirame, gold foil and okibirame on a dense nashiji ground which is additionally lacquered with sixteen-petal chrysanthemum and paulownia medallions; fitted with two trays for writing utensils and with a central rectangular tray holding the inkstone and gilt-copper mizuire, the ground of the lower interior and base roiro and sparse nashiji
9½ x 8¾ x 2¼in. (24.1 x 22.3 x 5.7cm.)
Edo period, (19th Century)
Decorated on the cover, sides and underside of the cover and interior with a continuous felicitous wedding scene of Mount Horai, with wading crames, minogame, pine and bamboo in gold and silver takamaki-e, hirame, gold foil and okibirame on a dense nashiji ground which is additionally lacquered with sixteen-petal chrysanthemum and paulownia medallions; fitted with two trays for writing utensils and with a central rectangular tray holding the inkstone and gilt-copper mizuire, the ground of the lower interior and base roiro and sparse nashiji
9½ x 8¾ x 2¼in. (24.1 x 22.3 x 5.7cm.)