A LACQUER ACCESSORY BOX (TEBAKO)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The deep, rectangular box with rounded corners intricately decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with details in kimpun, kirikane and aogai, with the Buddhist deity Mahamayuri (Kujaku Myo-o, the Peacock Shining King) seated on the back of a peacock, its tail forming a large feather halo behind the deity; the peacock stands upon a lotus plant within a lotus pond; the interior and underside in rich nashiji, silver and fundame rims
11 ¾ x 9 3/8 x 6 ¼ in. (30 x 23.8 x 15.8 cm.)
A LACQUER ACCESSORY BOX (TEBAKO)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The deep, rectangular box with rounded corners intricately decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with details in kimpun, kirikane and aogai, with the Buddhist deity Mahamayuri (Kujaku Myo-o, the Peacock Shining King) seated on the back of a peacock, its tail forming a large feather halo behind the deity; the peacock stands upon a lotus plant within a lotus pond; the interior and underside in rich nashiji, silver and fundame rims
11 ¾ x 9 3/8 x 6 ¼ in. (30 x 23.8 x 15.8 cm.)
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