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Lot 55
Sale 5284 - Asian Arts
Mar 16, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$1,000
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Lot Description
A Japanese lacquer writing box, suzuribako late meiji period
Of a square form, the cover depicts Hotei seated with his sack accompanied by three karako in gold, silver, and iroe takamaki-e on a black lacquer ground. LITERATURE: For a closely related box, see the example illustrated in Barbra Teri Okada, "A Sprinkling of Gold, the Lacquer Box Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz", Newark, 1983, p. 128, no. 52.
W: 6 3/4 in., 17.2cm