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A BlAck lAcqueR ANd lAc BuRgAuTÈ kOdANSu By Koma Yasumasa, Meiji era
Edo period The inro decorated with a design of snow covered palm leaves in
The square box with a hinged door to the front face, inlaid with a silver and gold hiramaki-e on a black ground, the interior in gold and
pastoral scene in colourful mother-of-pearl, the interior with five red lacquer, 7.5cm x 7.8cm; together with an ojime carved all over
drawers with cloud-form handles, the corners bound with engraved with waves.
strapwork. (2).
30.5cm x 32cm x 41cm
£600 - 800
£300 - 500
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2 TwO lAcqueR BOxeS ANd cOVeRS, A lAcqueR TRAy, ANd
A lARge BlAck lAcqueRed VASe lAcqueR jubako (TIeRed FOOd BOx)
By Zohiko Company, Meiji era 19th century
Of flat-shouldered oviform decorated with three geese flying through The first box decorated with a tendril of wisteria in takamaki-e and
moonlit clouds in gold takemaki-e on black, with metal liner, signed to shell on wooden cover, the box raised on bracket feet, 23.4cm x
base. 20.7cm x 3.1cm; the second box cover decorated with three cranes
28cm high flying over a pair of pine trees on the shore, in gold hiramaki-e with
gold flakes and silver details on black ground, nashiji to interior, 4.5cm
£500 - 600 x 21.5cm x 24.5cm long; a tray decorated to the centre with boys
picking prunus blossoms in a garden, with floral designs to rim, in gold
Provenance hiramaki-e and shell on black ground, 24cm square; and a three-tier
Property of a lady. Formerly part of a senior Indian civil service jubako, the flat cover decorated with flowering peony issuing from the
official’s collection (Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, KCIE and earth in gold hiramaki-e on black, the interior in red lacquer.
awarded the star of India), formed whilst in the Indian civil service and 24cm x 20cm x 18cm (9).
having travelled extensively in Indo-China and Japan circa 1900-1930.
Thence by descent. £300 - 500
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A BlAck ANd gIlT lAcqueR kOdANSu ANd ANOTHeR TwO lAcqueR TRAyS
Meiji era Meiji era
The kodansu with slightly domed top and sides bearing butterflies in The first with rectangular top and straight sloping sides all raised on
gold and silver hiramaki-e, two hinged doors at opposite short ends four bracket supports, decorated above and below with a variety of
framed by raised border decorated with mon on geometric pattern, flowering shrubs in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground, 45cm wide,
each opening to reveal various drawers, 28cm x 12cm x 12cm; 9cm high; the second decorated in gold hiramaki-e with a gentleman
together with a box and cover lacquered with a dense design of birds in traditional robes watching a frog leap from a togidashi river to a
and chimes amidst flowering branches in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji willow tree, embellished with nashiji on tree, rocks and rim.
on black ground. 51.5cm x 33.3cm x 4cm (2).
29.5cm x 13.5cm x 14.5cm (2).
£300 - 500
£400 - 500

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