A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
The square box designed with a scene of Azuma kudari from the Tales of Ise in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kijiro-nuri, the interior designed with Miho Pine Forest (Miho no Matsubara) in fine gold lacquer togidashi on a black ground, fitted in the lower interior with an inkstone and silver water dropper in the form of crescent moon
9 ½ x 8 ½ x 2 in. (24.1 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm.)
A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
The square box designed with a scene of Azuma kudari from the Tales of Ise in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kijiro-nuri, the interior designed with Miho Pine Forest (Miho no Matsubara) in fine gold lacquer togidashi on a black ground, fitted in the lower interior with an inkstone and silver water dropper in the form of crescent moon
9 ½ x 8 ½ x 2 in. (24.1 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm.)
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