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A MAKI-E LACQUER PICNIC SET, SAGEJUBAKO A LACQUER SAGEJUBAKO (PICNIC SET)
Edo period (1615-1868) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Of elaborate construction consisting of two sets of octagonal boxes Decorated in gold hiramaki-e and accents of mura-nashiji with
and a dish cleverly nestled into a fitted carrying case with metal characters from a poem and clouds against a roiro-nuri ground, the
handle, the exteriors displaying figural, bird and flower, and repeating carrying case modeled to resemble bamboo slats; the set including
geometric pattern motifs a rectangular sake flask and fitted sweet tray and a single sakazuki
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high (sake cup), a deeper rectangular sake flask fitted beneath 11 stacking
rectangular food trays, and a five-tier stacking jubako, the carrying
$2,000 - 3,000 case with a shallow removable drawer, red interiors and fundame
edges, silvered bronze hardware
13 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/8in (35.2 x 36.2 x 20.6cm) (carrying case)

$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Mactaggart Collection

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