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Lot 3078

A gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box)
Edo period/Meiji era (19th century)

18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$8,125 inc. premium

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A gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box)

Edo period/Meiji era (19th century)
In the shape of a 13-string koto, decorated on the sides and top panel with a gold and silver togidashi maki-e ground imitating wood grain and overlaid by strings of twisted silver wire supported on gold shell bridges, one of the flanking gold and silver takamaki-e brocade panels embellished with gilt-metal dragon menuki within an oval Gyobu nashiji cartouche, the wide end panel decorated with gold and silver shell chrysanthemums issuing from a brushwood fence of inlaid silver and reserved on a Gyobu nashiji ground; the gold nashiji interior tray with a parcel-gilt silver suiteki (water dropper) fashioned as a flute and hand drum and an ink stone with gilt fundame edges repeated on the tray edges, gold nashiji interior and base, silver edge bands
3 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 3 5/8in (8.9 x 20.7 x 9.3cm)

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