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PROPERTY FROM THE DRS. EDMUND J. AND JULIE LEWIS COLLECTION LOTS 107-118

110 (cover) (interior) (interior of cover)

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A SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX] A TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX]
LATE MEIJI PERIOD – TAISHO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
TH
PERIOD, EARLY 20 CENTURY SIGNED KOMIN ZO
ATTRIBUTED TO SHIRAYAMA 蒔絵手箱、明治時代、19世紀
SHOSAI (1853-1923)
the rectangular box with rounded corners, flush
蒔絵硯箱、明治時代後期 – 大正時代、20世紀初
期、伝 白山松哉（1853 – 1923） fitting cover and silver rims, decorated in gold
black and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e hirame,
the rectangular box with overhanging cover and kinpun gold foil and nashiji with an all over design
canted corners, decorated in iroe togidashi, with of Uji Bridge, the bridge beside willow trees,
scattered peacock feathers on a black ground jakago and a waterwheel in the swirling waters
decorated in iroe-togidashi-e, hiramaki-e and beneath, nashiji interiors
nashiji, the underside of the cover decorated with 28 cm. 11 in. long.
a crane and a pine tree in a roundel, inset into ‡ £ 7,000-9,000
a nashiji ground, the fitted interior with a tray
decorated with scattered feathers, inkstone with € 7,900-10,200 US$ 9,300-11,900
fundame ground and feathers in hiramaki-e, the
silver waterdropper with a single feather
24 cm, 9½ in.
LITERATURE
Edmund J. Lewis, Shadows and Reflections:
Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of
Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
(Honolulu, 1996), no. 76, pp. 196-199
‡ £ 5,000-8,000
€ 5,700-9,100 US$ 6,600-10,600

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