A Lacquer Chabako [Tea Ceremony Utensils Box]
Edo period (18th - 19th century)
The rectangular box with rounded corners, slightly domed close-fitting cover and high interior rim, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, nashiji and inlaid in coral on a black ground, the cover depicting a plum branch and tanzaku [poem slips], the sides of the box with aubergines, the interior rim with stylised scrolls and wheels, the interior cover with paulownia mon on a nashiji ground, fundame rims
15.3 cm. wide
A Lacquer Chabako [Tea Ceremony Utensils Box]
Edo period (18th - 19th century)
The rectangular box with rounded corners, slightly domed close-fitting cover and high interior rim, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, nashiji and inlaid in coral on a black ground, the cover depicting a plum branch and tanzaku [poem slips], the sides of the box with aubergines, the interior rim with stylised scrolls and wheels, the interior cover with paulownia mon on a nashiji ground, fundame rims
15.3 cm. wide
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