Lot Essay
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).
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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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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
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