Lot Essay
FOR A BOX WITH SIMILAR DECORATION SEE JOE EARLE, JAPANESE LACQUER, THE DENYS EYRE BOWER COLLECTION AT CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE (LONDON, 2000), P. 67, NO. 104.
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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX]
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
WITH SLIGHTLY DOMED OVERHANGING LID, THE RED LACQUER GROUND DECORATED IN GOLD HIRAMAKI-E AND TAKAMAKI-E, INLAID IN METAL AND AMATHYST WITH A POMEGRANATE AND FRUITING VINE, THE INTERIOR NASHIJI, THE INTERIOR OF THE COVER IN IROE TAKAMAKI-E AND INLAID IN MOTHER OF PEARL WITH A PARROT ABOVE A FLORAL DISPLAY, SLATE INKSTONE, SUITEKI MISSING, MINOR CHIPS TO THE LACQUER AND SLATE
21CM. LONG
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
WITH SLIGHTLY DOMED OVERHANGING LID, THE RED LACQUER GROUND DECORATED IN GOLD HIRAMAKI-E AND TAKAMAKI-E, INLAID IN METAL AND AMATHYST WITH A POMEGRANATE AND FRUITING VINE, THE INTERIOR NASHIJI, THE INTERIOR OF THE COVER IN IROE TAKAMAKI-E AND INLAID IN MOTHER OF PEARL WITH A PARROT ABOVE A FLORAL DISPLAY, SLATE INKSTONE, SUITEKI MISSING, MINOR CHIPS TO THE LACQUER AND SLATE
21CM. LONG
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium