MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
meiji period (late 19th century)
The large, rectangular box with canted corners elaborately decorated in bright gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and gold foil on a hirame ground with mountains, a waterfall, flowering cherries, clouds and a thatched tea house; the interior fitted with trays, an inkstone, an oval silver mizuire with saucer, a paper-pricker, paper knife and ink cake holder in nashiji cases mounted in silver and with two brushes, also in nashiji cases
10.7/8 x 9.7 x 2in. (27.5 x 25.2 x 5.6cm.)
meiji period (late 19th century)
The large, rectangular box with canted corners elaborately decorated in bright gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and gold foil on a hirame ground with mountains, a waterfall, flowering cherries, clouds and a thatched tea house; the interior fitted with trays, an inkstone, an oval silver mizuire with saucer, a paper-pricker, paper knife and ink cake holder in nashiji cases mounted in silver and with two brushes, also in nashiji cases
10.7/8 x 9.7 x 2in. (27.5 x 25.2 x 5.6cm.)