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AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Rectangular with a flush-fitting lid with canted edges decorated with the poet Toba on a mule in inlays of iridescent shell and copper against a ground of black lacquer, the interior fitted with a rectangular inkstone and a circular water dropper 10 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4in (25.4 x 17.1 x 4.4cm) Footnotes: Published Henri L. Joly, Glendining Company Auction Catalogue, Part II: Lacquer and Inro, London, 1914, pl.3, no. 6 Lacques du Japon (Sale catalogue), Paris: Hotel Drouot, February 22-24, 1926; no. 2 Provenance W. L. Behrens Collection Paul Corbin Collection Henri Vever Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Rectangular with a flush-fitting lid with canted edges decorated with the poet Toba on a mule in inlays of iridescent shell and copper against a ground of black lacquer, the interior fitted with a rectangular inkstone and a circular water dropper 10 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4in (25.4 x 17.1 x 4.4cm) Footnotes: Published Henri L. Joly, Glendining Company Auction Catalogue, Part II: Lacquer and Inro, London, 1914, pl.3, no. 6 Lacques du Japon (Sale catalogue), Paris: Hotel Drouot, February 22-24, 1926; no. 2 Provenance W. L. Behrens Collection Paul Corbin Collection Henri Vever Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing