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Edo period (19th century)
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A lacquer tea caddy (natsume)
Edo period (19th century)
Cylindrical form with round lid, finely decorated in gold and black togidashi, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid shakudo and silver with crows and herons on a roiro ground, interior lavishly decorated in gold takamaki-e and kirikane with clouds on a fine nashiji ground, the three kana for the word fukaki (deep, meaning deep in the night) embedded into the imagery in ashide-e (reed-picture) technique, an allusion to a poem
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
With double lacquered wood box inscribed with a poem
Edo period (19th century)
Cylindrical form with round lid, finely decorated in gold and black togidashi, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid shakudo and silver with crows and herons on a roiro ground, interior lavishly decorated in gold takamaki-e and kirikane with clouds on a fine nashiji ground, the three kana for the word fukaki (deep, meaning deep in the night) embedded into the imagery in ashide-e (reed-picture) technique, an allusion to a poem
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
With double lacquered wood box inscribed with a poem