Page 66 - Bonhams Japanese Works of Art September 2015 New York

3101

3101 (interior) 3101
A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO
(WRITING BOX)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
Of rounded rectangular shape designed on
the lid with two poem cards of gold and silver
togidashi maki-e and kirigane with birds,
insects and autumn foliage, an ink stone and
brush in gold takamaki-e, sprays of cherry in
gold, red and silver togidashi maki-e, all below
a raised sudare (blind) with a red takamaki-e
cord and gold and black togidashi maki-e
bindings, the ground roiro and nashiji matching
the lower interior and sides; decorated on
interior in gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashi
maki-e and kirigane on a dense nashiji ground
with a butterfly and peonies by a fence on the
lid underside and plum and irises on the lower
removable rectangular brush tray and ink-stone
frame, ink stone with fundame rims below
a metal suiteki (water-dropper) with gilded
chrysanthemum sprays on a nanako ground
With a wood storage box
1 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 9 1/8in (4.5 x 21.3 x 23.4cm)
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
Previously sold Christie’s New York,
Japanese Works of Art, Sale #8602, March
19, 1997, lot 153

64 | BONHAMS