A MAGNIFICENT LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHISEN AND SEALED
The rectangular box lavishly decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane and togidashi on okihirame ground, exterior of top depicts Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) by a peach tree and decorated with a poem in inlaid gold foil, interior designed with deers rendering at Kasuga mountain, inlaid silver waterfall with incised details, moon by mountain of inlaid gold, interior of base depicts pine, bamboo and plum, edges with triple-hollyhock crest of Tokugawa clan; fitted with silver saucer and gilt bronze water dropper in the shape of torikabuto (Bugaku performance helmet) with inlaid shakudo Tokugawa crest, base and interior of lid on fine nashiji ground; with silver rims
10 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (26.4 x 24.4 x 4.8 cm.)
With lacquer and wooden boxes
A MAGNIFICENT LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHISEN AND SEALED
The rectangular box lavishly decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane and togidashi on okihirame ground, exterior of top depicts Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) by a peach tree and decorated with a poem in inlaid gold foil, interior designed with deers rendering at Kasuga mountain, inlaid silver waterfall with incised details, moon by mountain of inlaid gold, interior of base depicts pine, bamboo and plum, edges with triple-hollyhock crest of Tokugawa clan; fitted with silver saucer and gilt bronze water dropper in the shape of torikabuto (Bugaku performance helmet) with inlaid shakudo Tokugawa crest, base and interior of lid on fine nashiji ground; with silver rims
10 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (26.4 x 24.4 x 4.8 cm.)
With lacquer and wooden boxes
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