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A BLACK- AND GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century image 1
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Lot 107

A BLACK- AND GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century

14 December 2023, 17:00 EST
New York

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A BLACK- AND GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS)

Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
Almost square, the flat-topped kabusebuta (overhanging lid) with rounded chiri-i edge, the exterior decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and togidashi maki-e with details in okibirame gold-foil mosaic and hirame gold flakes, depicting a flowering plum on the seashore at the first sunrise of the New Year, the sun rendered in gold foil, the shoreline and water motif repeated on the sides, the reverse with five quails in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a mura-nashiji ground, the interior of the box with millet plants in the same techniques, fitted with two bon (utensil trays) to either side of a central ita (baseboard) enclosing a suzuri (ink-grinding-stone) and a silvered metal suiteki (water dropper) in the form of two overlapping plum blossoms, the rims matte gold fundame lacquer, unsigned
2 1/8 × 9 3/8 × 10 1/4in (5.3 × 23.7 × 26cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Christie's London, November 16, 2000, lot 59

Published
Spink and Son Limited, Japanese Lacquer: Miyabi Transformed, exhibition catalogue, London, 1997, cat. no. 15

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