A SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX]
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
The overhanging cover decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, silver foil and lead inlays on a nashiji ground with one corner of a house in a formal garden with pine, chrysanthemums and grasses behind fences, the interior with a court carriage from Genji Monogatari, the tray with a scholar's table, copper gilt mizuire and slate inkstone
25cm. long
A SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX]
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
The overhanging cover decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, silver foil and lead inlays on a nashiji ground with one corner of a house in a formal garden with pine, chrysanthemums and grasses behind fences, the interior with a court carriage from Genji Monogatari, the tray with a scholar's table, copper gilt mizuire and slate inkstone
25cm. long