AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th...

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DRS. EDMUND AND JULIE LEWIS
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)
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