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57 A LACQUER BOX AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH PERIOD)
A rectangular box with round corners,
decorated in gold and reddish brown lacquer
takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikaneand inlaid
gold, resembling the motif of open-top
shifuku(carrying pouch) with scrolling peony
pattern, interior on nashiji ground, continuous
design to the base
5¿ x 6º x 2¡ in. (13 x 15.9 x 6 cm.)

$3,000-4,000

Ryuryukyo Shinsai (active ca. 1799–1823), Cloth bag with cords and plum
blossoms. Japan. Edo period, 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection,1929, JP 2252

58 A LACQUER BOX AND COVER 59 A BLACK LACQUER BOX (TEBAKO)

TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
SIGEND ISHIHARA HOSHIN KINSEI The rectangualr box decorated with high-relief
A rectangular box with round corners and lacquer appliquéssimulating iron and soft-
slightly domed lid, decorated in gold and black metal sword fittings on a black ground;
lacquer takamaki-e and togidashi in bush clover with silver rims
motif, with sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest 9º x 4Ω x 7√ in. (23.5 x 11.4 x 20 cm.)
in gold lacquer, interior and base with fine
nashiji ground, signed on base; with silver rims $4,000-6,000
7√ x 6Ω x 3¿ in. (20 x 16.5 x 7.9 cm.)
For a similiar work by Ogawa Haritsu (1663–
$2,500-3,500 1747), see Gorgeous Maki-e Lacuqerware from
the Edo Period (Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum,
2002), no. 42.