THE PROPERTY OF AN OVERSEAS COLLECTOR
A SET OF NASHIJI GROUND SUZURIBAKO, BUNKO AND BUNDAI, the suzuribako decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and kimpun with hills beyond a stream among stylised cloud with flowering cherry trees and pines, some cherry flowers in silver, the box and cover silver-rimmed and fitted with a suzuri, the silver suiteki shaped as two flower-heads, the nashiji interior similarly decorated and matching bundai and bunko similarly decorated, late 18th/early 19th Century
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A SET OF NASHIJI GROUND SUZURIBAKO, BUNKO AND BUNDAI, the suzuribako decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and kimpun with hills beyond a stream among stylised cloud with flowering cherry trees and pines, some cherry flowers in silver, the box and cover silver-rimmed and fitted with a suzuri, the silver suiteki shaped as two flower-heads, the nashiji interior similarly decorated and matching bundai and bunko similarly decorated, late 18th/early 19th Century
Suzuribako 25 x 21.2cm.
Bundai 61.5 x 35.5cm.
Bunko 42 x 34.5cm.
Suzuribako 25 x 21.2cm.
Bundai 61.5 x 35.5cm.
Bunko 42 x 34.5cm.
Provenance
General Courtney Whitney (Aide to General Douglas MacArthur)