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19TH CENTURY
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A Ryukyuan Inlaid Lacquer Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Matching Document Box (Ryoshibako)
19th century
The rectangular writing box and document box each set on a raised base and carved on the bottom with an undulating edge, the cover with scalloped edges lacquered red and decorated on the top with squirrels and fruiting grape vines in inlaid mother-of-pearl and gold lacquer on a brown lacquer ground, the underside black lacquer, the interior of the writing box with a removable black lacquer tray fitted with a rectangular ink stone with fundame edges and a bronze water dropper cast as a kettle with dragons on the top surface, the bottom of the box decorated en suite to the cover and lacquered black on the interior, the interior of the document box lacquered black
Writing box 10½ x 8 3/8 x 2¾in. (26.6 x 21.2 x 7cm.); document box 17¾ 14¼ x 5in. (45.1 x 36.2 x 12.7cm.) (2)
19th century
The rectangular writing box and document box each set on a raised base and carved on the bottom with an undulating edge, the cover with scalloped edges lacquered red and decorated on the top with squirrels and fruiting grape vines in inlaid mother-of-pearl and gold lacquer on a brown lacquer ground, the underside black lacquer, the interior of the writing box with a removable black lacquer tray fitted with a rectangular ink stone with fundame edges and a bronze water dropper cast as a kettle with dragons on the top surface, the bottom of the box decorated en suite to the cover and lacquered black on the interior, the interior of the document box lacquered black
Writing box 10½ x 8 3/8 x 2¾in. (26.6 x 21.2 x 7cm.); document box 17¾ 14¼ x 5in. (45.1 x 36.2 x 12.7cm.) (2)