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A gold-lacquer box in the form of a Takarabune (treasure ship) and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880 (3) image 1
A gold-lacquer box in the form of a Takarabune (treasure ship) and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880 (3) image 2
Lot 58Ф,Y

A gold-lacquer box in the form of a Takarabune (treasure ship) and cover
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880

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

Sold for £7,562.50 inc. premium

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A gold-lacquer box in the form of a Takarabune (treasure ship) and cover

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880
The kinji ground lavishly lacquered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e and kirikane with Daikoku and Ebisu seated atop respectively a treasure sack and bales of rice on the prow of their treasure ship piled with assorted auspicious objects and takamaki-e, the faces and hands of Daikoku and Ebisu inlaid in ivory and other details inlaid in shell, coral and wood, Hotei gesticulating towards a pair of cranes in flight above, a flock of cranes depicted on the sides, several wading in a lake and others flying among pine, the interior embellished in rich nashiji and fitted with an en-suite removable tray lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a scholar looking out in contemplation over a mountainous lakescape from the circular window of a thatched hut; unsigned. 5.2cm x 10.2cm x 14.5cm (2 1/8in x 4in x 5¾in). (3).

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