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A LACQUER KODANSU
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Of rectangular shape set on a bracket base with hinged door opening to three fitted drawers, decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e with birds and flowering autumn plants on a kimpun enriched brown ground, the interiors of the drawers nashiji and the knobs silver, the hinges and lockplate of the door also silver; the exterior of the box decorated in gold takamaki-e with a continuous scene of cliffs and a flowing river, hinged loop handle silver--5 1/8in. (13.2cm.) wide, 6¼in. (15.9cm.) high, 6¾in. (17.2cm.) deep, nail missing on one hinge, minute edge nicks and fading
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Of rectangular shape set on a bracket base with hinged door opening to three fitted drawers, decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e with birds and flowering autumn plants on a kimpun enriched brown ground, the interiors of the drawers nashiji and the knobs silver, the hinges and lockplate of the door also silver; the exterior of the box decorated in gold takamaki-e with a continuous scene of cliffs and a flowing river, hinged loop handle silver--5 1/8in. (13.2cm.) wide, 6¼in. (15.9cm.) high, 6¾in. (17.2cm.) deep, nail missing on one hinge, minute edge nicks and fading