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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Suzuribako [Writing Box]
Meiji period (late 19th century)
The cover decorated in gold, silver and red togidashi-e and kirikane on a black ground, with a Mongolian on a horse with a hawk in his hand looking at two ho-o, the interior of the lid decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane on a nashiji ground with a sunset scene of mountains, the interior with fitted removable trays, slate inkstone with fundame rim, copper waterdropper cast as peonies
23.8cm. long
Meiji period (late 19th century)
The cover decorated in gold, silver and red togidashi-e and kirikane on a black ground, with a Mongolian on a horse with a hawk in his hand looking at two ho-o, the interior of the lid decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane on a nashiji ground with a sunset scene of mountains, the interior with fitted removable trays, slate inkstone with fundame rim, copper waterdropper cast as peonies
23.8cm. long
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