Lot 414
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A Two-Tier Stacking Lacquer Box (Jubako)
This lot is offered without reserve.
A Two-Tier Stacking Lacquer Box (Jubako)

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details
A Two-Tier Stacking Lacquer Box (Jubako)
Edo period (18th century)
The octagonal box set on a low foot designed in gold and red lacquer with a scholar and attendants arriving at a pavilion in an octagonal panel on the top of the cover, the sides with shaped panels containing Chinese-style landscapes, interiors lacquered black
8½in. (21.6cm.) high
Provenance
Ide Takashi
Exhibited
Machida City Museum, "Bentobako" (Bento boxes), 1985.9.10--10.20
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Arakawa Hirokazu, ed., Utage to tabi no utsuwa: Bentobako (Bento boxes; Utensils for party or travel) (Kyoto: Shikosha, 1990), pl. 289.

Bentobako (Bento boxes), exh. cat. (Machida: Machida City Museum, 1985), no. 41.

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