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2112
A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING
BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The rectangular lid with beveled edges
and decorated in gold, silver, and iro-e
takamaki-e and e-nashiji with an elephant
turning toward two standing foreigners on
a gold nashiji ground, the underside of the
lid and removable interior trays decorated
with scattered maple leaves in gold and red
hiramaki-e on a mura-nashiji ground, with
an inset inkstone with fundame edges and
rectangular copper water-dropper, gold
nashiji on the sides and base
With a wood storage box
1 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 3/4in (3.7 x 20.8 x 17.3cm)

US$2,000 - 3,000
2113
A SMALL LACQUER KODANSU
(INCENSE BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Rectangular with a hinged door opening to
reveal one shallow and two deeper drawers,
decorated in several shades of gold, and
silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane and
nashiji with kidney-shaped panels containing
birds and flowers, hares, deer, autumn
grasses and maples, and a mountainous
landscape, all against a simulated ground of
“woven bamboo”, the edges fundame and
the interior drawers decorated in various
geometric patterns and nashiji 2113
4 7/8 x 3 x 3 1/8in (12.4 x 7.7 x 8cm)
US$2,500 - 3,500

Provenance
Previously sold, Sotheby’s, London,
November 18, 1999, lot 1232.

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