A lacquer poem paper box (fubako)
Edo period (18th century)
Slender and rectangular to accommodate papers to be inscribed with poems, the box decorated in varicolored gold hiramaki-e and nashiji with leafy chrysanthemums on a roiro ground, with orange silk cords and tassels; brown interior, fundame rims
15 x 2¾ x 2¾in. (8.1 x 7 x 7cm.)
A lacquer poem paper box (fubako)
Edo period (18th century)
Slender and rectangular to accommodate papers to be inscribed with poems, the box decorated in varicolored gold hiramaki-e and nashiji with leafy chrysanthemums on a roiro ground, with orange silk cords and tassels; brown interior, fundame rims
15 x 2¾ x 2¾in. (8.1 x 7 x 7cm.)
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