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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION

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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION (flower-lattice design), the interior of the box lined with
A TEBAKO [COSMETIC BOX] silk brocade with peony and karakusa design, with silk
cords and a fitted box with an inscription Kin-ryomoku
EDO PERIOD, 17 TH CENTURY ropphyaku kyujuku monme (weight of gold 699 mace)
葵紋散金蒔絵手箱、江戸時代、17世紀 25.7 x 32.2 x 21.5 cm., 9⅞ x 12⅝ x 8¼ in.
the rectangular box with rounded corners, flush-fitting EXHIBITED
cover, the wood base applied with engraved gold sheets, The Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, Periodically
the top of the cover with a shaped panel of Tokugawa (every 10 years);
mon (crests) on a lattice of stylised lightning bolts House Library, the Tokugawa Art Museum, Owari Tokugawa-
(raimontsunagi) ground, the sides similarly decorated ke no kingin chodo, 10th November 2010-12th December
with Tokugawa mon against a raimon-tsunagi design, the 2010, no. 22.
borders with shippo design, fitted with two ring-fittings
engraved with seven Tokugawa mon, the inside of the £ 200,000-300,000
cover with peony sprays scattered against hanabishi € 235,000-353,000 US$ 265,000-397,000

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