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Lot 184
Sale 6088 - Asian Arts
Oct 14, 2021
6:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,500 -
3,500
Price Realized
$6,930
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A finely-decorated Japanese lacquer writing box 日本莳绘文具盒 18th/19th Century ???????
Decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kirigane with flowering cherry tree, rushing stream and waterfall in a rocky landscape against a nashiji ground to the exterior, interior of the cover decorated with a full moon behind crashing waves and a stylized rendition of the Meoto Iwa ("Married Couple Rocks"); insert with crashing waves, fitted with an inkstone and a silver water dropper finely modeled with peony blossoms.
L: 10 in.