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ANOTHER PROPERTY 3104

3104 3104 (interior)
A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Edo period (19th century) FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART | 67
Rectangular with canted edges and
decorated in gold, silver and black
togidashi maki-e with a continuous design
of a dragon and its young among swirling
clouds, the principle elements of the design
raised slightly in relief, the interior decorated
with a scene of the Yatsuhashi (Eight-Fold
Bridge) in gold and silver hiramaki-e and
takamaki-e against a dense gold nashiji
ground, the removable trays fitted with
a writing stone with a design of a gourd
and a silver water dropper decorated with
bamboo below a crescent moon in katakiri-
bori and gold hirazogan; silver rims
With a wood storage box
10 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/8in (25.3 x 23.2 x 5.3cm)
$2,500 - 3,500