TWO JAPANESE LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The two-tiered box decorated in gold hiramaki-e [low relief lacquer] on a black ground with scattered mon [family crests] of encircled ivy leaves, red lacquer interior; the rectangular box with rounded corners decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a nashiji [sprinkled gold lacquer] ground with scattered aoi mon [hollyhock crests], nashiji interior
The tiered box: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide
The rectangular box: 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) long
TWO JAPANESE LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The two-tiered box decorated in gold hiramaki-e [low relief lacquer] on a black ground with scattered mon [family crests] of encircled ivy leaves, red lacquer interior; the rectangular box with rounded corners decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a nashiji [sprinkled gold lacquer] ground with scattered aoi mon [hollyhock crests], nashiji interior
The tiered box: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide
The rectangular box: 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) long
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