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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Style of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo), Edo period (1615-1868), 19th
century
Rectangular, with an overhanging cover and decorated on the
exterior with a crab and seashells among coral and sea grasses in
inlaid ceramic, gold, red and silver takamaki-e, and hiramaki-e with
embellishments of Gyobu-nashiji and inlaid pewter, the underside
of the cover decorated with a heron perched atop a large anchor in
ceramic and pewter inlays, all against a black-lacquer ground with
scattered silver hirame, the edges nashiji and fundame, the interior
with a removable tray supporting a rectangular ink stone, signed
on the underside Nakamura Iwami and with a copper waterdropper
formed as a gourd, the underside of the cover bearing an inlaid
ceramic seal Kan
9 1/2in x 8 1/2in x 1 3/4in (24.1 x 21.6 x 4.4cm)
US$10,000 - 15,000

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