A LACQUER BOX AND COVER
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A rectangular box with round corners, decorated in gold, silver and brown lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, togidashi and inlaid mother-of-pearl, with hares, clovers and embellished with kana characters of a poem in cursive script (ashide) inlaid in silver, hare eyes inlaid with coral and glass, interior and base on nashiji ground; silver rims
4 3⁄8 x 6 x 2 1⁄4 in. (11.1 x 15.2 x 5.7 cm.)
A LACQUER BOX AND COVER
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A rectangular box with round corners, decorated in gold, silver and brown lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, togidashi and inlaid mother-of-pearl, with hares, clovers and embellished with kana characters of a poem in cursive script (ashide) inlaid in silver, hare eyes inlaid with coral and glass, interior and base on nashiji ground; silver rims
4 3⁄8 x 6 x 2 1⁄4 in. (11.1 x 15.2 x 5.7 cm.)