Three Japanese Lacquered Covered Boxes, Kobako

Edo-Meiji Period

the first a flattened, circular gold and dark brown lacquered metal example, the cover decorated in red, gold with mother-of-pearl inlays depicting the hotei seated behind a large cloth bag; the second a cylindrical-form two-tiered gold and black lacquer example decorated with shells and aquatic plants, the interior lacquered red; the third a rectangular gold and red lacquer example, the cover decorated with a scholar riding a horse with his attendant in a landscape.

Height of tallest 3 in., 7.62 cm.

Each with surface scratches and rubbing. The hotei example with a chipped loss beneath the figure's back. The cylindrical example with a crack at the interior of the cover. The rectangular example bruised at the corners.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Japanese and Korean Works of Art

Three Japanese Lacquered Covered Boxes, Kobako

Japanese and Korean Works of Art

Three Japanese Lacquered Covered Boxes, Kobako

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