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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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