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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF 3108
ITERU INA
3108 (interior)
3108
A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART | 69
(WRITING BOX)
Edo period/Meiji era (19th century)
The overlapping lid decorated with a
random pattern of brocade balls in gold and
silver takamaki-e and gold e-nashiji on a
roiro ground, the inside of the cover lavishly
decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and
okibirame on a nashiji ground with a design
of a country landscape with a waterwheel
activated by an ingenious stream of silver-
hued liquid cascading down a rocky
cliff, the interior of the box of nashiji and
lacquered with flowering autumn plants
visible through a detachable tray fitted with
an ink stone and a copper suiteki (water-
dropper) in the form of a leafy fruit
9 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/in (23.6 x 20.8 x 5.5cm)
$2,500 - 4,000