Details
A ROIRONURI AND HIRAME GROUND SUZURIBAKO
Signed Shisen, 19th Century
The cover decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi, kirikane and okibirame with a group of monkeys on a pine trunk, the inside cover with a stag by a pomegranate tree watching a sparrow in flight, the box with an inner tray with a double-gourd shaped inkstone, a coin-shaped silvered metal suiteki surrounded by various compartments, muranashiji interior and base, silver rims, (slight old chips)
21.8 x 14.4cm.
Signed Shisen, 19th Century
The cover decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi, kirikane and okibirame with a group of monkeys on a pine trunk, the inside cover with a stag by a pomegranate tree watching a sparrow in flight, the box with an inner tray with a double-gourd shaped inkstone, a coin-shaped silvered metal suiteki surrounded by various compartments, muranashiji interior and base, silver rims, (slight old chips)
21.8 x 14.4cm.
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection