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461 For similar examples of this type, also dated to around the time of
A MOMOYAMA JIDEI, MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID CASKET Sekigahara, see Christie’s London, June 1995 [Lots 190 and 192].For
Circa 1600 a smaller example, similar in dimensions to the one here, see Bonhams
The rectangular casket with domed hinged cover, decorated in 9.11.2015 [Lot 287].
gold hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground
with panels of densely fruiting and flowering plants within geometric These caskets, which characterise the Momoyama era of Hideyoshi
pattern borders, brass fittings engraved with blossoming stems and and Ieyasu, broadly coincide with the arrival of both The Society of
chrysanthemum flowerheads. Jesus and the Portuguese in Japan. For this reason, this genre of
20cm(7 7/8in) x 14cm (5 1/2in) x 10.5cm (4 1/8in) lacquer was exported westwards, coming to rest in European Country
Houses [see for instance, The Great Japan Exhibition, 1981/No. 155
£4,000 - 6,000 lent by Lord Methuen].
CNY37,000 - 55,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

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