A SET OF WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI), WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND PAPER BOX (FUBAKO)
SCHOOL OF SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891), JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each executed in red, black and silver lacquer to simulate bamboo and applied with ants of black lacquer on the table, a cricket of black lacquer on the writing box and two snails on the paper box, the underside of the table and the interiors of both boxes in gyobu nashiji, each piece inscribed Zeshin
Writing table 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide, 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.) deep
Writing box 9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
Paper box 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long
A SET OF WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI), WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND PAPER BOX (FUBAKO)
SCHOOL OF SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891), JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each executed in red, black and silver lacquer to simulate bamboo and applied with ants of black lacquer on the table, a cricket of black lacquer on the writing box and two snails on the paper box, the underside of the table and the interiors of both boxes in gyobu nashiji, each piece inscribed Zeshin
Writing table 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide, 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.) deep
Writing box 9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
Paper box 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long
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