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STYLE OF OGATA KORIN (1658-1716)
A suzuribako (writing box) and matching bunko
(document box)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Each of rounded rectangular shape, the writing box with
an overhanging cover and the document box with a flush-
fitting cover, decorated in gold takamaki-e and inlays of
heavy pewter and iridescent shell against a ground of
gold lacquer textured to resemble turbulent waves, the
document box with a design of Haku Rakuten (Li Bai, 772-
847) being ferried to Japan, the writing box with Sumiyoshi
Myojin as he meets the Chinese poet in a small skiff, fitted
with a rectangular silver water dropper and an inkstone
with fundame edges, inscribed under the inkstone Hokkyo
Korin and bearing the seal Hoshuku, the interiors of the
boxes with a continuation of the islands and waves, the
rims pewter
11 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 2 3/8in (29 x 27 x 6cm) suzuribako, 17
3/4 x 14 5/8 x 6 1/2in (45 x 37 x 16.4cm), bunko

$8,000 - 12,000
Published
Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections:
Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J.
Lewis at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy
of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 17

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