Details
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.)


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