Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Art and Auction, vol. III, no. 7 (March 1981), cover illustration.
Art and Auction, vol. III, no. 7 (March 1981), cover illustration.
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Lacquer Stationery Box (Ryoshibako)
Edo period (19th century)
Rectangular with bevelled upper edges and corners and designed in gold and silver takamaki-e, gold, silver and black hiramaki-e and gold foil, kirigane, hirame and nashiji highlights, all against a ground of black lacquer with a gold, red and silver mottled finish, with two phoenixes circling a paulownia tree on the cover, the sides of the box each with a phoenix and paulownia, the edges of the box covered with inlaid crushed eggshell decorated with scrolling vines in gold lacquer, the interior nashiji
17½ x 13 3/8 x 7¾in. (44.4 x 34 x 19.6cm.)
Edo period (19th century)
Rectangular with bevelled upper edges and corners and designed in gold and silver takamaki-e, gold, silver and black hiramaki-e and gold foil, kirigane, hirame and nashiji highlights, all against a ground of black lacquer with a gold, red and silver mottled finish, with two phoenixes circling a paulownia tree on the cover, the sides of the box each with a phoenix and paulownia, the edges of the box covered with inlaid crushed eggshell decorated with scrolling vines in gold lacquer, the interior nashiji
17½ x 13 3/8 x 7¾in. (44.4 x 34 x 19.6cm.)