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A FINE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO
(WRITING BOX) AND COVER
19th century
Elaborately decorated in relief with a bijin
in a fenced garden, before a blossoming
cherry tree, the lid interior with a cart bearing
a flower basket with a profusion of peony,
chrysanthemums and blossoming stems, the
box interior continuing the design and fitted
with a suzuri (ink-stone) and metal melon-
form suiteki (water-dropper).
22cm (8.5/8in) x 20cm (7.7/8in) (4).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

323 •
A SMALL GROUP OF REFERENCE
BOOKS ON JAPANESE NETSUKE
Including: N. Davey, Netsuke, New York,
1974; B. Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke
Art, New York 1973.
(6).

£500 - 700
HK$5,200 - 7,200
CNY4,400 - 6,200
324
A LACQUERED PORTABLE ZUSHI
(SHRINE)
Meiji Period
Containing a gilt lacquered wood figure of
Amida Buddha on a lotus pedestal, set on
a multi-tiered stand, and backed by a kohai
324 (nimbus), the interior of the doors gilded and
painted with images of Kannon floating upon
wispy clouds. 35.5cm (14in) high.
£700 - 900
HK$7,200 - 9,300
CNY6,200 - 8,000
Acquired by the vendor’s father in Japan,
when working as a diplomat in the 1930’s.

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