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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) AND
MATCHING WRITING TABLE (BUNDAI)
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The rectangular box with round corners and slightly domed
cover, finely decorated in gold, silver and black lacquer
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kirigane and inlaid silver, gold,
shibuichi and gold and silver foil, with design of cherry blossom,
river, pines and mountain, fitted with inkstone, two brushes, a
paper pricker, a knife, an ink cake stand and a silver water dropper
in shape of cherry blossom and maple leaf reseumbling Mount
Yoshino and Tatsutagawa, the writing table decorated en suite
with finely chiseled silver mounts
Writing box: 10 x 9 x 2 in. (25.4 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm.)
Writing table: 14º x 25æ x 5¬ in. (36.2 x 65.4 x 14.3 cm.)
Each with original box titled and sgined Heian Kosetsu saku with
cursive monogram, and lacquer storage box with Kitashirakawa
Family crest (2)
$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:
Kitashirakawa Family