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84 *
A LACQUERED-WOOD RECTANGULAR
84 SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The exterior of plain polished wood, the overlapping
cover inset on the outside with a circular sunken panel
and embellished on the inside in gold takamaki-e and
kirikane with crashing Korin-style waves beneath a partly
obscured sunset on a mura-nashiji ground, the interior of
the box of rich mura-nashiji and fitted with a detachable
tray containing the ink-grinding stone and a bronze suiteki
(water-dropper) in the form of a bloom, unsigned;
with a wood storage box.
3.3cm x 21.9cm x 13.6cm (1¼in x 8¾in x 5 3/8in). (6).

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,000 - 1,300
85 *
A SHELL-INLAID-LACQUER SQUARE KOROBON
(TRAY FOR INCENSE BURNER)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in the centre with a rectangular diamond
cartouche densely inlaid with repeated shippo-tsunagi
(linked-cash), stylised foliate and geometric motifs
surrounded by an outer rim of stylised six-petalled buds; with
a wood storage box inscribed outside the lid Raden korobon
(Raden tray for incense burner), inside the lid inscribed
Komonbishi no zu (Picture of repeated small patterns and
diamond-shape), signed Heian [...]hiro saku with seal.
2cm x 19.5cm x 19.5cm (5/8in x 7 5/8in x 7 5/8in). (2).

85 £800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,000 - 1,300

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