A Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box]
Edo period (18th-19th century)
The rectangular box with angled corners and overhanding cover, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and cut gold foil on a black roiro-nuri ground with elegantly formed rockwork amidst crashing waves beneath a cloudy sky, the design continuing onto the sides, the interior of the cover similarly decorated on a mura-nashiji ground, the patinated pewter water dropper in the form of waves, the rectangular slate inkstone with indented corners and fundame rims, inset into the removable base decorated in mura-nashiji
24.5cm. long
A Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box]
Edo period (18th-19th century)
The rectangular box with angled corners and overhanding cover, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and cut gold foil on a black roiro-nuri ground with elegantly formed rockwork amidst crashing waves beneath a cloudy sky, the design continuing onto the sides, the interior of the cover similarly decorated on a mura-nashiji ground, the patinated pewter water dropper in the form of waves, the rectangular slate inkstone with indented corners and fundame rims, inset into the removable base decorated in mura-nashiji
24.5cm. long
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