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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY S. KAUFMAN,
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
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A FINE LACQUER WRITING BOX
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Rectangular, with a slightly domed cover and decorated on the
exterior with an elaborate scene of rocky islands with pine trees and
a pavilion, connected by a narrow bridge over crashing waves and
swirling eddies, all lacquered in several shades of gold and silver
togidashi maki-e, hirame, kinpun, and nashiji, the underside of the
cover decorated with a salt hut on the beach beneath a pine and
cherry tree in gold, silver, and black togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, kirikane, hirame, nashiji, and kinpun against a kinji
ground, the interior of the box decorated with a single pine tree on
a rocky outcrop in similar techniques, fitted with a removable tray
supporting a circular silver waterdropper and an inkstone decorated
on the sides in fundame lacquer, silver rims
10 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2in (26 x 23.5 x 6.3cm)
US$10,000 - 15,000
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