A Lacquer Box In The Form Of A Fan

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Lacquer Box In The Form Of A Fan
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
The end pieces and struts of the fan applied in silver, the spaces between them in nashiji, the "paper" of the fan decorated with two spiders, their webs strung across autumn grasses, in gold and silver togidashi, the base and the interior nashiji, silver rims
66in. (16cm.) wide

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