Page 56 - Christies Japanese and Korean Art Sept 22 2020 NYC

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
The square box designed with a scene of Azuma kudari from the
Tales of Ise in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, togidashi and kijiro-nuri, the interior designed with
Miho Pine Forest (Miho no Matsubara) in fine gold lacquer
togidashi on a black ground, fitted in the lower interior with an
inkstone and silver water dropper in the form of crescent moon
9Ω x 8Ω x 2 in. (24.1 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

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A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
The square box designed in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kirikane and inlaid silver with
galloping horses under the crescent moon, the interior designed
with birds and flowers by a stream on a nashiji ground, fitted in
the lower interior with an inkstone and a silver water dropper
9Ω x 8¬ x 1æ in. (24.1 x 21.9 x 4.5 cm.)
$5,000-7,000

Opposite: Detail of lot 42