A LACQUER COSMETICS BOX (TEBAKO) WITH LILIES
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The lacquer box and cover with rounded edges and corners, decorated in gold, silver, and reddish-brown hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and inlays of mother-of-pearl against a dense nashiji ground with lilies, the interior with sparse nashiji against a black lacquer ground
13.5 x 11.5 x 4.3 cm.
A LACQUER COSMETICS BOX (TEBAKO) WITH LILIES
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The lacquer box and cover with rounded edges and corners, decorated in gold, silver, and reddish-brown hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and inlays of mother-of-pearl against a dense nashiji ground with lilies, the interior with sparse nashiji against a black lacquer ground
13.5 x 11.5 x 4.3 cm.
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