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A GOLD-LACQUER ROUNDED
RECTANGULAR RYOSHIBAKO
(DOCUMENT BOX) AND COVER
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
late 19th/early 20th century
The inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) with a kinji
ground decorated in shades of gold and
takamaki-e with kirikane highlights and
details inlaid in shell possibly with flowering
inu hoozuki (black nightshade), the design
continuing over the lid and over all four sides
of the box, beneath a gold-lacquer sixteen-
petalled kikumon (chrysanthemum crest)
appearing prominently on the lid, the interior of
rich nashiji and the rims mounted with silver;
unsigned. 14.5cm x 29.3cm x 22.5cm
(5 11/16in x 11½in x 8 7/8in). (2).

£1,500 - 1,800
JPY230,000 - 270,000
US$2,000 - 2,500
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Provenance:
An English private collection, and according
to the current owners, this gold lacquer box
was gifted by the Crown Prince Hirohito (later
Emperor Showa) of Japan to David Lloyd
George, then British prime minister, on a visit
to Chequers in 1921.

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A BLACK-LACQUER SAGE-JUBAKO
(PORTABLE PICNIC SET)
Edo period (1615-1868),
probably mid 19th century
Comprising a rectangular frame fitted with
a gilt handle and holding a four-tiered box
and lid, lacquered on the exterior in Kodaiji-
style gold hiramaki-e and hirame on a roiro-
nuri ground with flowering camellia and
pine, the bottom shelf with a rectangular
box embellished with omodaka (three-leaf
arrowhead), tsuta (ivy) and kikyo (Chinese
bellflower) on a meandering stream, fitted
with a cover inset on the top for resting two
pewter sake bottles beneath an open area
containing a black-lacquer rectangular tray
decorated with trailing clematis, the upper
shelf of the frame supporting one square
tray similarly lacquered with windswept wild
chrysanthemums bending over a fence and a
red-lacquer sakazuki, the sides of the frame
and the top with further clematis and trailing
vine; unsigned. 33.6cm x 33.4cm x 19cm
(13in x 13 1/16in x 7½in). (12).

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

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