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A FINE GOLD LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY LITERATURE
BOX] DECORATED WITH OVERLAPPING FANS For details of Jokasai see E. A. Wrangham, The Index of of
SIGNED JOKASAI Inro Artists, (Northumberland, 1995), pp. 98-99.
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19 TH CENTURY £ 30,000-50,000
€ 33,700-56,500 US$ 37,300-62,500
the rectangular box with flush-fitting cover decorated in
gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, hirame with fans depicting
Japanese gardens, landscapes and flowers of the four
seasons on a gyobu-hirame ground, the interior in dense
nashiji
16 x 23 x 28.8 cm., 6⅓ x 9⅛ x 11⅓ in.
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