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THE SOAME JENYNS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ART
A JAPANESE LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

    Price Realised GBP 2,250
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    GBP 700 - GBP 900
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    A JAPANESE LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)

    EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

    Price Realised GBP 2,250
    Price Realised GBP 2,250
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    The rectangular box with overhanging cover decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold and aogai kirikane on a black lacquer and sparse nashiji ground with wasps among flowering foliage, the interior cover decorated in gold and red takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold and aogai kirikane on a black lacquer and nashiji ground with a red moon above rockwork rising from crashing waves, the box sprinkled with nashiji on a black lacquer ground, gold rims
    1½ x 8¾ x 9½ in. (4 x 22 x 24 cm.)


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