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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND MATCHING WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The rectangular box with faceted corners finely decorated in gold, silver, brown and black lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kirikane, nashiji and inlaid gold foil set on a roiro ground, designed with chrysanthemum, seven flowers of autumn, spiders and spider nets on top of the lid, fitted with ink stone and a gilt water dropper in the shape of jyunihitoe (twelve layered robes), the writing table decorated en suite with finely chiseled silver mounts
Writing box: 8 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (22.5 x 20.6 x 4.5 cm.)
‌Writing table: 13 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (33.3 x 57.5 x 11.4 cm.)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The rectangular box with faceted corners finely decorated in gold, silver, brown and black lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kirikane, nashiji and inlaid gold foil set on a roiro ground, designed with chrysanthemum, seven flowers of autumn, spiders and spider nets on top of the lid, fitted with ink stone and a gilt water dropper in the shape of jyunihitoe (twelve layered robes), the writing table decorated en suite with finely chiseled silver mounts
Writing box: 8 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (22.5 x 20.6 x 4.5 cm.)
‌Writing table: 13 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (33.3 x 57.5 x 11.4 cm.)
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department