A BOX FOR SHOGI PIECES
Edo Period (17th Century)
The rectangular box and cover decorated with shinobugusa ferns and grasses, executed in two colours of slightly raised gold lacquer on a reddish black ground, nashiji interior, fundame rims, black lacquer base, attributed to the Igarashi workshop
13.4cm. long
拍品專文
This is a container for the boxwood pieces for the game of shogi, a Japanese variety of chess played in Japan since the Kamakura period (1185-1333).