A LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX]
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The rounded rectangular box with flush-fitting lid, decorated in gold and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, gold foil, kinfun, nashiji and mura-nashiji with chrysanthemums among swirling waters, the interior with maples and pine, and an associated tray decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e and inlaid with mother-of-pearl with butterflies and chrysanthemums
24cm. long
A LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX]
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The rounded rectangular box with flush-fitting lid, decorated in gold and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, gold foil, kinfun, nashiji and mura-nashiji with chrysanthemums among swirling waters, the interior with maples and pine, and an associated tray decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e and inlaid with mother-of-pearl with butterflies and chrysanthemums
24cm. long