Live Auction 6803Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER 'HAKKO BAKO' BOXES AND COVERS
Lot 288

A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER 'HAKKO BAKO' BOXES AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Closed25 September 2012

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GBP 1,125

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER 'HAKKO BAKO' BOXES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Of ribbed cylindrical form with lift-off domed covers and side legs with pierced tops, applied with engraved gilt-copper mounts and painted with Mon motifs
18½ in. (47 cm.) high (2)

Sir Robert Craigie GCMG, CB, almost certainly purchased whilst serving as British ambassador to Japan.
Purchased directly from him or his family by the present vendor with whom he was friends.