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A LACQUER CARD BOX AND COVER
CONTAINING CARDS FOR THE CARD
GAME UTA-GARUTA [ONE HUNDRED
PEOPLE, ONE POEM (EACH)]
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
the rectangular box and overhanging cover
(part lot)
lifting off to reveal cut-away sides, decorated
overall in gold hiramaki-e with mon scattered
among pine, plum and bamboo, containing
two brocade covers wrapping 100 poem
cards and 100 poet playing cards, the cards
of stiffened paper decorated with gold leaf to
one side, the other in ink and colour depicting
various figures from the Tale of Genji
The box, 17 cm., 6⅝ in. wide
‡ £ 5,000-7,000
€ 5,700-7,900 US$ 6,300-8,700
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A LACQUER TEBAKO
[ACCESSORY BOX]
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
the box with close-fitting cover and
rounded corners decorated in gold and
silver hiramaki-e, gold foil, hirame and iroe-
togidashi-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with
travellers in a ferry boat on a silver ground, a
waterwheel to the cover
24.5 cm., 9½ in. wide
£ 5,000-7,000
€ 5,700-7,900 US$ 6,300-8,700
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76 Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right (which will depend on the individual circumstances).
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