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For a similar example see Tokugawa Art Museum, The Shogun Age Exhibition (Japan, 1984), no. 253, p. 221.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A Kushi-Harai-Bako [Comb Brush Box]
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH - EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
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A Kushi-Harai-Bako [Comb Brush Box]
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
With flush-fitting lid, black lacquer ground decorated in two colours of gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, nashiji, kirikane, and red lacquer, depicting aoi mon set among pine, bamboo, wild roses, bamboo shoots and small red-berry plants, the interior mura-nashiji, fundame rims
22cm. long
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
With flush-fitting lid, black lacquer ground decorated in two colours of gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, nashiji, kirikane, and red lacquer, depicting aoi mon set among pine, bamboo, wild roses, bamboo shoots and small red-berry plants, the interior mura-nashiji, fundame rims
22cm. long