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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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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

Sold for US$5,760 inc. premium

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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
Rectangular with rounded corners and domed kabusebuta (overhanging lid), the exterior decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with embellishments of gold hirame flakes and okibirame foil mosaic, all against a dense background of irregular gold-foil mosaic, depicting the bodhisattva Fugen (Samantabhadra) seated on an elephant and reading a handscroll in front of a six-panel screen with a landscape of mountains, a waterfall, and pavilions, the design extending over one side of the box, the interior of the lid decorated in similar techniques against a fine gold nashiji ground, depicting a raised sudare blind and musical instruments (drums, cymbals, flutes, and biwa lute), the interior of the box with a fude-oki (brush rest), its raised central section enclosing a suzuri (ink-grinding-stone) and a silvered metal suiteki (water dropper) in the form of two overlapping squares, the rims matte gold fundame lacquer, unsigned
1 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 9 7/8in (4.5 × 21.7 × 25cm)

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