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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Rectangular with an overhanging cover decorated in gold and black The small box decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and
takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with highlights of hirame against a dense uchikomi, with kirikane highlights and inlays of coral and silver with
nashiji ground with geese by a marsh, the underside of the cover a recessed fan-shaped panel on the cover with a moonlit landscape
with an old plum tree in blossom behind a fence in gold and silver with temple pavilions in rocky hills above rolling waves with moored
takamaki-e and coral and silver inlays, the interior with a continuation boats, all on a kinji ground, the edges decorated with floral vines,
of the design, fitted with removable trays and a rectangular slate the underside of the cover decorated with geese among reeds on
inkstone, and a gilt-silver water dropper formed as seashells the shore and a rocky ledge with pine trees, the interior of the box
With a wood tomobako storage box decorated with a continuation of the landscape on the cover and fitted
9 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/4in (24.7 x 22.5 x 4.4cm) with a removable tray supporting a rectangular inkstone with fundame
edges and a shakudo water dropper formed as a rock with lichen and
$3,000 - 5,000 moss in gilt, two writing brushes and an ink stick
With a wood tomobako storage box
Published 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 1 1/2in (17 x 17 x 3.5cm)
Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese
Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu $3,000 - 4,000
Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 9

Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, View of the Pinnacle: Japanese
Lacquer Writing Boxes: The Lewis Collection of Suzuribako, Honolulu:
University of Hawai’i Press, 2011, cat. no. 16

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