A LACQUER POEM PAPER BOX (SHIKISHIBAKO), SIGNED IN GOLD LACQUER TO THE BASE TAISHIN (IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903)), EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The square box with rounded corners and overhanging cover, decorated in gold, red and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, togidashi and mokume [wood grain] and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black sabiji ground, depicting a shodana on wheels containing scrolls and books including Kogetsusho [Commentaries of The Tale of Genji] and Saijiki [Year Time Chronicle], a tasselled cord, autumn flowers and grasses behind
19.2 x 19.2 cm. (75⁄8 x 75⁄8 in.)
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The square box with rounded corners and overhanging cover, decorated in gold, red and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, togidashi and mokume [wood grain] and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black sabiji ground, depicting a shodana on wheels containing scrolls and books including Kogetsusho [Commentaries of The Tale of Genji] and Saijiki [Year Time Chronicle], a tasselled cord, autumn flowers and grasses behind
19.2 x 19.2 cm. (75⁄8 x 75⁄8 in.)
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