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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIYOMIZU SANNENZAKA MUSEUM
A SET OF LACQUER STATIONERY BOX (RYOSHIBAKO) AND WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A SET OF LACQUER STATIONERY BOX (RYOSHIBAKO) AND WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Each box elaborately lacquered en suite in polychrome hiramaki-e, togidashi, kinpun, kirikane and inlaid mother-of-pearl and silver on a okihirame ground, decorated with a fan market at night, the interiors designed with stylised birds and butterflies, the writing box fitted with a inkstone, a silver saucepan and water dropper and a tray
Stationary box: 16 x 12 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 x 13.7 cm.)
Writing box: 9 ½ x 8 ¾ x 2 in. (24.1 x 22.2 x 5.1 cm.)
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Each box elaborately lacquered en suite in polychrome hiramaki-e, togidashi, kinpun, kirikane and inlaid mother-of-pearl and silver on a okihirame ground, decorated with a fan market at night, the interiors designed with stylised birds and butterflies, the writing box fitted with a inkstone, a silver saucepan and water dropper and a tray
Stationary box: 16 x 12 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 x 13.7 cm.)
Writing box: 9 ½ x 8 ¾ x 2 in. (24.1 x 22.2 x 5.1 cm.)
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art