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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE KIN’KARAKAWA
(GOLD CHINESE ‘LEATHER’) COFFER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The hinged cover, outside and inside narrow edges
covered entirely with thick layered paper, probably kozo
(mulberry) simulating leather, impressed and reinforced
with persimmon tannin, decorated with a profusion of
roundels enclosing repeated bird-and-flower and figural
motifs, the details enhanced with gold lacquer, all tightly
clustered and reserved on a whorl-patterned ground, the
edges applied with metal studs in form of small stylised
florettes, each side of the coffer attached with bracket
carrying handles; the interior plain and lined with
a green-stained cotton textile.
39cm x 50.7cm x 33cm (15 3/8in x 19 7/8in x 13in).

68 £3,000 - 5,000
JPY440,000 - 730,000
US$3,900 - 6,500

Provenance
A French private collection.

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