A Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Stationary Box

Late Edo or early Meiji period, mid-19th century, with domed lid decorated in gold, silver and brown hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kirikane, and inlaid silver in raised decoration of a small thatch cottage under pines trees with cherry blossom trees and elegant grasses dotting the hilly landscape on nashiji ground, the interior of lid is decorated in similar manner.

16.5 x 13.5 x 5 in.

Acquired in Japan as a wedding present in the late 1940s.

Probably part of a larger wedding set together with Lot 416.

Overall very good condition; some minor nicks and losses to edges and rims of box; some rubbing to lacquer cover.

$1,000 - 1,500