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A FINE LACQUER KAGAMIBAKO [MIRROR BOX]
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
蓬莱蒔絵鏡箱
江戸時代（17世紀）
The circular box with fush-ftting cover, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and gold foil and inlaid
in small cut pieces of mother-of-pearl with intricately detailed branches of pine on a nashiji ground, the interior
of the cover with cranes and minogame [auspicious turtles trailing seaweed] among pine and bamboo beside a
meandering stream, the interior of the box decorated in nashiji, fundame rims, old collection label to the interior of
the base
11.3cm. diam.
£3,000-4,000 $5,100-6,700
€3,700-4,900
PROVENANCE:
Eskenazi Ltd., London

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