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53 A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND
MATCHING WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI)

MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO SHIRAYAMA
SHOSAI (1853-1923)
The rectangular box, decorated in gold
hiramaki-e and takamaki-eon a fine
nashijiground with various sixteen-petal
chrysanthemum crests of the Imperial
Household, fitted with an inkstone, two
brushes, a paper pricker, a knife and a silver
water dropper in the shape of overlapping
chrysanthemums, the writing table decorated
en suite with finely chiseled silver mounts
Writing box 11¡ x 2æ x 3/4 in. (28.9 x 7 x 1.9 cm.)
Writing table 13¬ x 3æ x 23º in. (34.6 x 9.5 x 59.1 cm.) (2)

$20,000-30,000

For an identical writing box originally in the Meiji
Emperor’s collection also attributed to the artist,
see View of the Pinnacle: Japanese Lacquer Writing
Boxes(Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 2011), no. 75.