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A gold-lacquer shikishibako (box for square poem sheets) and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880 (3) image 1
A gold-lacquer shikishibako (box for square poem sheets) and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880 (3) image 2
Lot 47Ф,Y

A gold-lacquer shikishibako (box for square poem sheets) and cover
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,312.50 inc. premium

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A gold-lacquer shikishibako (box for square poem sheets) and cover

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880
The rich nashiji ground decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on the outside of the cover with numerous terrapins crawling in different directions amongst tufts of grass, similarly lacquered around all the sides with omodaka (three-leaf arrowheads), lotus and other flowering aquatic plants, the inside of the lid embellished in gold takamaki-e with Kinko Sennin holding a fan and seated astride a giant carp leaping from swirling water, with discreet details inlaid in ivory, tortoiseshell and wood, all on a dense mura-nashiji ground, the inside of box also of mura-nashiji, the underside of nashiji, unsigned; with an unrelated wood storage box. 5.8cm x 24cm x 21.6cm (2¼in x 9½in x 8½in). (3).

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