A Japanese lacquer writing box, suzuribako
A Japanese lacquer writing box, suzuribako

19TH CENTURY

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A Japanese lacquer writing box, suzuribako
19th Century
Of rectangular shape, the sides decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a black lacquer ground, the interior cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a nashiji ground with a seated scholar, the nashiji interior fitted with tray fitted with an inkstone and a porcelain water-dropper, also including two brushes and an ink-cake
24.2 cm. wide, wood box and silk cover
Exhibited
Reputedly on loan to the Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1960s-2008.

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