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3102 3102
A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Edo period (19th century) 3102 (interior)
The rectangular flush-fitting lid designed in
gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART | 65
togidashi maki-e and e-nashiji on a roiro
and mura-nashji ground with a group of
merrymakers celebrating the Tanabata
festival, most carrying lanterns and one
holding a leafy bamboo standard inscribed
with the characters jisei (two stars), the
underside of the lid with further festival-goers
waving at a silver-inlaid moon from a temple
balustrade and rendered in gold hiramaki-e,
togidashi maki-e and aogai, the even nashiji
ground continuing on the lower portion and
the removable frame centered by an ink stone
below a shakudo and copper suiteki (water
dropper) in the shape of a folded letter
With a wood storage box
1 5/8 x 6 x 6 5/8in (3.6 x 15.3 x 16.7cm)
$2,000 - 3,000