Two Japanese Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Document Boxes, Ryoshibako

19TH CENTURY

each of standard rectangular form, the first the cover decorated with a ho-ho bird perched on leafy tree issuing from rockwork, the sides with blossoming chrysanthemums, having a tray, the reverse of the cover and the interior decorated with nashiji ground; the second decorated with gilt floral roundels against a diaper ground, the reverse of the cover decorated with horses, the interior decorated with nashiji ground, together with two trays and a smaller covered box.

Height of larger 6 x length 16 1/2 x width 13 1/2 in., 15.2 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm

Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida

Each having looses around the sides of the lids, one of which the pieces are retained.

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Two Japanese Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Document Boxes, Ryoshibako

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