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2191 Document box and cover on a dark nashiji ground, with chrysanthemums growing by a

RCIN 70644.a–c garden rock, with some blooms and buds picked out in brilliant
Gold, silver and black lacquer on wood gold or silver leaf. On the sides, chrysanthemum sprays in the
Japan; 18th to early 19th century same style. Inside the cover, six butterflies in gold and a seventh
H 17.5 cm; W 40.5 cm; D 33.0 cm in silver on a nashiji ground, also covering the inside of the box.

A deep, rectangular box with flanged rim, accommodating a LABEL: on the base, the printed label, ‘GvR’ under a crown,
shallow tray with lipped rim, and overfitting cover with rounded ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’, with handwritten ‘Rm. 407’ added.
corners. The top decorated in gold lacquer takamakie and hirame

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NON-CERAMIC W ORKS OF ART FR OM JAPAN 991