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Magnificent Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box, 19th Century

Posted: Oct 13, 2012

Finely lacquered in gold hiramaki-e and hirame and decorated with a garden scene including sparrows, peonies, chrysanthemum, and baskets of blooming flora along the hinged doors which open to reveal a splendid landscape rendered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e against a roiro ground, the interior bearing five individual pull-out drawers with a larger compartment beneath, floral bursts, dragon and phoenix medallions worked in nashiji, fundame and hirame complete the remaining sides while a pair of phoenixes decorate the arched top, 11.4" x 8.7" x 4.3" — 29 x 22 x 11 cm.

Est. $10,000/15,000

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