A BLACK-AND-GOLD-LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX AND WRITING BOX EARLY 20TH CENTURY

拍品描述

A set. both boxes of rounded-rectangular form with a kabusebuta (overhanging lid) lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e, e-nashiji and highlights of silver hiramaki-e, on the lustrous black-lacquer ground, the document box decorated with two Buddhist angels, one playing a lute and the other panpipes on a ground of falling lotus petals, the interior of sparse nashiji, 13cm x 53cm x 46cm; the writing box with a removable suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a mixed-metal suiteki (water dropper) in the form of two overlapping shikishi-ban (square poem papers) engraved respectively with plum blossoms and pine needles, the interior and underside of sparse nashiji; unsigned; 4cm x 25cm x 21.5cm; each box with an inscribed lacquered-wood storage box.

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