Lot 35
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THE SOAME JENYNS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ART
FOUR JAPANESE LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 2,375
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
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FOUR JAPANESE LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 2,375
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Comprising a rectangular box decorated in gold hiramaki-e and sparse nashiji on a black lacquer ground with insects including grasshoppers, butterflies and dragonflies among chrysanthemums and wild pinks, the interior cover similarly decorated on a nashiji ground, nashiji interior; an elongated rectangular box and cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground with a crane among chrysanthemum, nashiji interior, gilt-copper handle; a stacked box and cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a dense nashiji ground with chrysanthemum-heads, red lacquer interiors; and a Rimpa-style box and cover decorated with gold lacquer, lead and mother-of-pearl inlays on a woven basket-weave ground with flowering and fruiting branches, the interior similarly decorated
The largest, 9 in. (23 cm.) wide x 10½ in. (27 cm.) deep


Provenance
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
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