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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A lacquer writing box (suzuribako)
Edo period (19th century)
The square lid decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kirikane on a nashiji ground with cycads, the interior decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e togidashi and togidashi on a nashiji ground with blossoming plum trees and young bamboo and pines by a stream; fitted with a slate inkstone with fundame rim, a gilt-copper water dropper in the shape of a letter box in a saucer, rims fundame
10 x 9 x 2in. (25.4 x 22.9 x 5.1cm.)
Edo period (19th century)
The square lid decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kirikane on a nashiji ground with cycads, the interior decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e togidashi and togidashi on a nashiji ground with blossoming plum trees and young bamboo and pines by a stream; fitted with a slate inkstone with fundame rim, a gilt-copper water dropper in the shape of a letter box in a saucer, rims fundame
10 x 9 x 2in. (25.4 x 22.9 x 5.1cm.)