A GOLD-LACQUERED RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER Edo (1615-1868) period o...
A GOLD-LACQUERED RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
Edo (1615-1868) period or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th century
Decorated in a variety of lacquer techniques including gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, e-nashiji and togidashi maki-e with a moonlit summer evening scene of hotaru (fireflies) applied in in black-and red-lacquer relief hovering around flowering irises and reeds growing in a stream in which red carp are seen swimming on the surface, all beneath clouds, mist and an inlaid silver crescent moon, the design extending over the sides, the inside of the cover lacquered in silver and gold takamaki-e with five little stints flying over a snipe wading in water beside a small willow tree, a range of mountains in the distance reserved on a rich dense mura-nashiji ground, the interior of the box similarly lacquered in gold takamaki-e with assorted shells at low tide, the whole raised on four scalloped bracket feet, unsigned; with a plain wood storage box. 5cm x 26.5cm x 16.5cm (2in x 10 7/16in x 6½in). (3).
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A GOLD-LACQUERED RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
Edo (1615-1868) period or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th century
Decorated in a variety of lacquer techniques including gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, e-nashiji and togidashi maki-e with a moonlit summer evening scene of hotaru (fireflies) applied in in black-and red-lacquer relief hovering around flowering irises and reeds growing in a stream in which red carp are seen swimming on the surface, all beneath clouds, mist and an inlaid silver crescent moon, the design extending over the sides, the inside of the cover lacquered in silver and gold takamaki-e with five little stints flying over a snipe wading in water beside a small willow tree, a range of mountains in the distance reserved on a rich dense mura-nashiji ground, the interior of the box similarly lacquered in gold takamaki-e with assorted shells at low tide, the whole raised on four scalloped bracket feet, unsigned; with a plain wood storage box. 5cm x 26.5cm x 16.5cm (2in x 10 7/16in x 6½in). (3).
