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A LACQUERED AND INLAID (interior)
SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING
UTENSILS) AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of rounded rectangular with a kabusebuta
(overhanging lid) entirely covered in black
lacquer, the exterior of the lid decorated in
gold hiramaki-e with a pair of ducks, one
gliding on the water, the mandarin duck
applied in pewter low relief and perched on
rocks, the interior of the box and lid similarly
lacquered in gold hiramaki-e and shell inlay
with a flock of migrating stylised chidori
(plovers or dotterels); unsigned.
4cm x 28.1cm x 26.7cm
(1½in x 11cm x 10½in). (2).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 5,200 78

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A LACQUERED AND SHELL-INLAID
SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING
UTENSILS) AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868)
or Meiji era (1868-1912),
probably mid/late 19th century
The black lacquer ground almost entirely
inlaid with a continuous scene of a bugaku
performance, one musician beating a large
taiko (barrel drum) surmounted by flames in
front of a curtain strung between flowering
cherry branches, other musicians playing
the sho (reed pipe) and drum, the sides (interior)
decorated with a band of shippo-tsunagi
(linked-cash), the inside of the lid embellished
with a flowering branch of cherry blossoms
on a nashiji ground, the interior of the box
of rich nashiji with a detachable fitted tray to
accomodate the inkstone and bronze suiteki
(water-dropper); unsigned.
6cm x 26.5cm x 23.6cm
(2 3/8in x 10 3/8in x 9¼in). (5).

£4,000 - 6,000
JPY580,000 - 870,000
US$5,200 - 7,800

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