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MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
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A SET OF LACQUER STATIONERY BOX (RYOSHIBAKO) AND WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Both boxes elaborately decorated in gold and polychrome takamaki-e on a okihirame ground, exterior of stationery box with Musashibo Benkei and of writing box with Minamoto no Yoshitsune on Gojo Bridge, Benkei's tachi inlaid wtih silver and gold foil, both interiors desgined with pines in ishimenuri, writing box with moon inlaid in gold, interior of both bases on nashiji ground; writing box interior of base with a pine tree, continuous design to the divider, fitted with silver water dropper in the shape of a fan with gold inlaid sun and shibuichi fan sticks, ink stone, two brushes, a paper pricker, knife, ink cake stand with silver fittings; with silver rims
Stationery box: 17 3⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 in. (44.1 x 34.3 x 16.5 cm.)
Writing box: 10 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄8 in. (26.7 x 24.1 x 5.4 cm.)
Each with a wood box with Kitashirakawa Family crest
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Both boxes elaborately decorated in gold and polychrome takamaki-e on a okihirame ground, exterior of stationery box with Musashibo Benkei and of writing box with Minamoto no Yoshitsune on Gojo Bridge, Benkei's tachi inlaid wtih silver and gold foil, both interiors desgined with pines in ishimenuri, writing box with moon inlaid in gold, interior of both bases on nashiji ground; writing box interior of base with a pine tree, continuous design to the divider, fitted with silver water dropper in the shape of a fan with gold inlaid sun and shibuichi fan sticks, ink stone, two brushes, a paper pricker, knife, ink cake stand with silver fittings; with silver rims
Stationery box: 17 3⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 in. (44.1 x 34.3 x 16.5 cm.)
Writing box: 10 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄8 in. (26.7 x 24.1 x 5.4 cm.)
Each with a wood box with Kitashirakawa Family crest
Provenance
Kitashirakawa Family, Tokyo
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art