Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Comprising a mirror box decorated...
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Comprising a mirror box decorated in gold hiramaki-e with embellishments of gold and silver foil, kirikane, and hirame against a roiro-nuri ground with cranes in flight above pine and plum trees, the interior with cranes and a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoise) in pine and bamboo against a ground of nashiji, the rims pewter; and a cylindrical box decorated in gold hiramaki-e and mura-nashiji on a roiro-nuri ground with autumn plants, the interior fitted with a circular sectional tray lacquered black with fundame edges (2)
2 1/2in (6.3cm) and 4in (10.2cm) high
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Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Comprising a mirror box decorated in gold hiramaki-e with embellishments of gold and silver foil, kirikane, and hirame against a roiro-nuri ground with cranes in flight above pine and plum trees, the interior with cranes and a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoise) in pine and bamboo against a ground of nashiji, the rims pewter; and a cylindrical box decorated in gold hiramaki-e and mura-nashiji on a roiro-nuri ground with autumn plants, the interior fitted with a circular sectional tray lacquered black with fundame edges (2)
2 1/2in (6.3cm) and 4in (10.2cm) high