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                               A FINE TWO-TIERED LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX]
                               EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
                               団扇散蒔絵二段手箱
                               江戸時代(19世紀中期)
                               The rectangular box with indented corners and fush-ftting covers, comprising two tiers, decorated in gold, silver,
                               black and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, hirame, gold foil and kinpun on a gyobu-nashiji ground with various
                               forms of fans including uchiwa depicting screens, archaic mythical creatures, pigeons on a roof, chrysanthemums
                               and brushwood fences, a crow on the branch of a tree, wild pinks, and elaborate fans with tassels depicting
                               hanabishi designs, the handle with aoi-mon and silver attachment for the cord, gyobu-nashiji interior, fundame rims
                               11cm. wide
                               £15,000-20,000                                              $26,000-34,000
                                                                                           €19,000-25,000

                               PROVENANCE:
                               Eskenazi Ltd., London
































































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