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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
A portable writing box (Suzuribako)
Edo Period (late 17th-early 18th century)
The rectangular writing box with rounded corners and flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e and nashiji on a black ground with poem papers, the rim with scrolling karakusa, nashiji interior and slate inkstone lacquered in gold fundame
5¼in. (13.4cm.) long
Edo Period (late 17th-early 18th century)
The rectangular writing box with rounded corners and flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e and nashiji on a black ground with poem papers, the rim with scrolling karakusa, nashiji interior and slate inkstone lacquered in gold fundame
5¼in. (13.4cm.) long
Provenance
Jacques Carré