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A LARGE JAPANESE LACQUER FOOD BOX, JUBAKO
EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19 CENTURY
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The five-tiered rectangular box and lid decorated with a continuous
design in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji of flowering prunus and
pine trees on hills by meandering streams, the inside in red lacquer,
46.7cm x 32cm x 30.2cm. (6)
£150-250

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A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MODERN, 20 CENTURY
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The rectangular body decorated in hiramaki-e, nashiji and gold and silver
takamaki-e with a mountainous river landscape, with thatched buildings by
the hillside and a waterfall in the distance, 7cm x 11.1cm x 18.1cm. (2)
£150-250

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A JAPANESE LACQUER FOOD CONTAINER, HOKAI
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Of typical form, with ribbed sides and raised on four tall spreading feet, with
shaped metal fittings decorated with diamond patterns, on a deep brown
lacquer ground, with a circular lid, 42.5cm x 37.5cm. (2)
£150-200
Provenance: from the collection of James Benson OBE (1925-2018), purchased
from Milne Henderson Oriental Art, London. James ‘Jimmy’ Benson worked as a
submariner during World War II and later became the Vice Chairman of marketing
company Oglivy & Mather International.

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