Lot 74
74
A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST
A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST
A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST
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A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST
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A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST

EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A JAPANESE GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HASAMIBAKO OR TRAVELLING CHEST
EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with Ai mon and foliate scrolls, the underside of the cover with mura-nashiji, the box lined in gold paper, the elaborate gilt copper nanako mounts incised with similar decoration
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high; 25 ¾ in. (65.5 cm.) wide; 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related Hasamibako chest was sold from the Estate of His Royal Highness The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, Christie's, London, 12-13 July 2006, lot 359 (£8,400 including premium) and a pair was sold from the collection of Principessa Ismene Chigi Della Rovere, Christie's, London, 4 February 2015, lot 119 (£30,000 including premium).

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