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The Property of a French Collector
A Rare Unrecorded Large Lacquer Box and Cover Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
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A Rare Unrecorded Large Lacquer Box and Cover Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
The eight-lobed box and cover on shaped feet, decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and kirikane on a roironuri ground, the cover with a landscape depicting pavilions, willow, pine and peony on rocky cliffs by a stream with a pair of mandarin ducks, three ho-o birds in flight, the side with eight panels, each depicting landscapes, various flowers, butterflies and birds, all divided with a ground of shippo hanabishi, the edge of the cover with scrolling foliage, nine compartments inside the box, one circular and eight radiating, fundame rims
59.5 cm. wide
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
The eight-lobed box and cover on shaped feet, decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and kirikane on a roironuri ground, the cover with a landscape depicting pavilions, willow, pine and peony on rocky cliffs by a stream with a pair of mandarin ducks, three ho-o birds in flight, the side with eight panels, each depicting landscapes, various flowers, butterflies and birds, all divided with a ground of shippo hanabishi, the edge of the cover with scrolling foliage, nine compartments inside the box, one circular and eight radiating, fundame rims
59.5 cm. wide
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Anastasia von Seibold