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KAJIKAWA WORKSHOP
A fine lacquer tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Rectangular with lobed corners and decorated with a variety of
feathers in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and gold, silver,
red and black togidashi maki-e with embellishments of hirame,
mura-nashiji and inlaid mother-of-pearl on a roiro-nuri ground, signed
Kajikawa saku and with a red jar seal
With a wood storage box
11 1//2 x 8 (29.2 x 20.3cm)

US$1,000 - 1,500
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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century
Rectangular, and decorated with a photo-realistic design of leafy
plants, the design running across the cover and down onto the sides
of the box, lacquered in gold, red, green and black togidashi maki-e
on a glossy roiro-nuri ground, the interiors roiro-nuri and fitted with a
removable frame with a silver oval water dropper set into a gilt-silver
collar
With a wood storage box
10 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 1 7/8in (25.9 x 22.2 x 4.7cm)
US$3,500 - 4,500

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TAKAMI
A lacquered wood panel
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular wood panel decorated in iro-e takamaki-e with a
parrot perched on a swing above a peony and a bronze ewer, signed
Takami, set in a gilt-wood frame
29 1/2 x 18 7/8in (75 x 48cm)
US$7,000 - 9,000

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