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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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