A Rare Unrecorded Large Lacquer Box and Cover Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
The eight-lobed box and cover on shaped feet, decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and kirikane on a roironuri ground, the cover with a landscape depicting pavilions, willow, pine and peony on rocky cliffs by a stream with a pair of mandarin ducks, three ho-o birds in flight, the side with eight panels, each depicting landscapes, various flowers, butterflies and birds, all divided with a ground of shippo hanabishi, the edge of the cover with scrolling foliage, nine compartments inside the box, one circular and eight radiating, fundame rims
59.5 cm. wide
A Rare Unrecorded Large Lacquer Box and Cover Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
The eight-lobed box and cover on shaped feet, decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and kirikane on a roironuri ground, the cover with a landscape depicting pavilions, willow, pine and peony on rocky cliffs by a stream with a pair of mandarin ducks, three ho-o birds in flight, the side with eight panels, each depicting landscapes, various flowers, butterflies and birds, all divided with a ground of shippo hanabishi, the edge of the cover with scrolling foliage, nine compartments inside the box, one circular and eight radiating, fundame rims
59.5 cm. wide
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