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A NEGORO-STYLE LACQUER BOX AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Rectangular and set on a stepped base, decorated in red
lacquer, the undercoat of black lacquer showing through
in places, the edges applied with metal straps with floral
bosses, the interior black lacquer
8 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 1 7/8in (22.2 x 16.2 x 4.7cm)

$1,000 - 1,500
Provenence
Previously sold, Christie’s, Paris, June 24, 2003, lot 47

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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Decorated on the cover with two fans with scenes of
winter and spring in gold and silver hiramaki-e agains a
red and black lacquer ground finished in Negoro style,
the underside of the cover decorated with autumn maple
leaves floating on a stream in gold and red hiramaki-e
against a mura-nashiji ground, the interior fitted with a
rectangular inkstone and a silver water dropper
8 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/2in (21 x 19.5 x 4cm
$2,500 - 3,500

Published
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. 20 284

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A LACQUER BOX AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Rectangular with rounded corners and an overhanging
cover decorated in black lacquer with crickets on autumn
plants in black takamaki-e the ground finished in an ishime
surface, the underside of the cover decorated with a single
cricket in inlaid mother-of-pearl
With a wood tomobako storage box
11 7/16 x 9 x 2 1/2in (29 x 23 x 6.5cm)
$1,500 - 2,500

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