A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
TAISHO PERIOD (DATED 1912), SIGNED HAGINO SHO... ZO (Made by Hagino Shobei;?-1929)
The square lid finely deigned with three lacquer inro and Chinese ink cake in gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl, pewter, various stones including malachite and cinnabar lacquer on a dark brown ground, the interior of the lid designed with ancient bronze seals inlaid in lacquer and stone on a dense nashiji ground, fitted with a brush, an ink cake holder, a piercer and a knife in gold and nashiji stripes bands, an inkstone and shakudo and gilt fan-shaped water dropper
9 x 8 ½ x 2 in. (22.8 x 21.5 x 5 cm.)
With original wood box sealed Takayama on reverse side
A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
TAISHO PERIOD (DATED 1912), SIGNED HAGINO SHO... ZO (Made by Hagino Shobei;?-1929)
The square lid finely deigned with three lacquer inro and Chinese ink cake in gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl, pewter, various stones including malachite and cinnabar lacquer on a dark brown ground, the interior of the lid designed with ancient bronze seals inlaid in lacquer and stone on a dense nashiji ground, fitted with a brush, an ink cake holder, a piercer and a knife in gold and nashiji stripes bands, an inkstone and shakudo and gilt fan-shaped water dropper
9 x 8 ½ x 2 in. (22.8 x 21.5 x 5 cm.)
With original wood box sealed Takayama on reverse side
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