A group of Japanese objects
19/20th century, Japan
A small box with cover in the shape of the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie). Also a signed tsuba, one side showing a toad under a weeping willow, with tiny gold/gilded insets, the other side showing a stream. Two lacquer ware inro, a lacquerware tray, a brown glaze ceramic brushwasher (unmarked) and a tiny wooden vessel.
Lacquer box: L 8.5 cm
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19/20th century, Japan
A small box with cover in the shape of the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie). Also a signed tsuba, one side showing a toad under a weeping willow, with tiny gold/gilded insets, the other side showing a stream. Two lacquer ware inro, a lacquerware tray, a brown glaze ceramic brushwasher (unmarked) and a tiny wooden vessel.
Lacquer box: L 8.5 cm
