Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

A fine gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover By Ogetsu, 19th century image 1
A fine gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover By Ogetsu, 19th century image 2
A fine gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover By Ogetsu, 19th century image 3
LACQUER SUZURIBAKO

Various Properties
Lot 420*

A fine gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover
By Ogetsu, 19th century

Amended
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,250 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Japanese Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

A fine gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover

By Ogetsu, 19th century
The flush-fitting cover with shaped indentations to either side for easier removal, embellished in predominantly gold and silver takamakie, kirikane and mura-nashiji with pine trees, pine saplings, cherry trees and other autumn plants beneath an inlaid silver crescent moon partly obscured by clouds, the design extending over the lid and sides of the box, the inside of the cover similarly lacquered with a profusion of windswept chrysanthemums and Chinese bellflowers inlaid in mother-of-pearl growing beside a meandering stream among rocks, the box containing an en-suite tray which holds the ink stone and a gilt and silvered-metal water dropper in the form of cherry blossoms and foliage, two brushes, an ink holder, a paper pricker and a knife in nashiji holders decorated with autumn flowers, all set into a base decorated with autumn flowers on a rich nashiji ground, the underside also of rich nashiji, the rims edged with silver, signed Ogetsu with seal Fujiwara. 6cm x 24.2cm x 27cm (2 3/8in x 9½in x 10 5/8in). (9).

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is accompanied with a wood storage box.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A STONEWARE FIGURE OF AN ONI SUPPORTING A CLOUD Japan, Edo period,

A PAIR OF MIYAO BRONZE FIGURES Japan, By the Miyao workshop, Meiji period, late 19th century,

THREE BAMBOO FLOWER BASKETS Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century

OKAMOTO RYŌZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY A Small Ceramic Vase and Cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900

A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE BRONZES Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century,

An Arita blue and white porcelain plate, Kanbun (1663–1673) or Enpô Era (1673 - 1681)

A rare Arita rectangular sander, circa 1680-1700

A SMALL LACQUER FAN-SHAPED KŌBAKO (INCENSE CONTAINER) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century,

A BOXWOOD OKIMONO OF TWO MONKEYS HANGING FROM A BRANCH Japan, 20th century,

A RECTANGULAR MIXED-METAL INLAID BOX WITH TIGER MOTIF Japan, 20th century,

A POLYCHROME WOOD CARVING OF RANRYO-O, THE PRINCE OF LANLING Japan, 19th century

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT LION Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century,

TWO ZUSHI (PORTABLE SHRINES) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century,

A LARGE STONEWARE PLATTER Bizen Ware Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, 20th/21st century

A NEGORO LACQUER CUP STAND AND A TEABOWL STAND Japan, Muromachi and Momoyama period,

ELEVEN KISERUZUTSU PIPE CASES Japan, 19th century,

EIGHT INRO Japan, 19th - 20th century,

A WOOD BOKUTO IN THE FORM OF A COILED DRAGON Japan, Meiji period, 19th/20th century,

A SMALL LACQUER BOX Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century,

SEVEN DECORATIVE VESSELS AND ACCESSORIES China and Japan, mostly 19th century,

TWO CLOISONNE-ENAMELED RECTANGULAR BOXES Japan, late 19th century,

FOUR CERAMIC CUP STANDS AND A KOGO Japan, 19th/20th century