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A LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The rectangular box with round corners and slightly domed
lid, decorated in gold and polychrome lacquer takamaki-e,
nanako-nuri and kirigane on gold ground with millet and
chrysanthemum, interior and base on fine nashiji ground; with
silver rims
10º x 8Ω x 5¬ in. (26 x 21.6 x 14.3 cm.)
With a wood box with Kitashirakawa Family crest
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
Kitashirakawa Family, Tokyo