A RARE EXPORT STYLE BOX AND COVER
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
The rounded rectangular box with flush-fitting cover and footed stand, the sides decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with panels of hanabishi on a russet ground, the cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a mon and indented lappets to the rim, black lacquer interior
39cm. wide
A RARE EXPORT STYLE BOX AND COVER
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
The rounded rectangular box with flush-fitting cover and footed stand, the sides decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with panels of hanabishi on a russet ground, the cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a mon and indented lappets to the rim, black lacquer interior
39cm. wide
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