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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 5, 2020 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 154 | $****** - ****** | A small black-lacquer suzuribako (box for writing utensils) |
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3.8 x 18 x 20.2 cm (1.5 x 7.09 x 7.95 in)
The almost square kabusebuta (overlapping lid) with rounded corners and narrow bevelled chiri-i edges, the exterior decoration predominantly in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and shell inlay with dew-laden chrysanthemums bending over a mountain stream on a sparse hirame ground, the dewdrops studded in silver, the partial characters of a poem lacquered in silver hiramaki-e characters, some camouflaged within the stalk of the chrysanthemum, the inside of the lid similarly embellished with two sprigs of chrysanthemum, the interior tray and baseboard fitted with a suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a gilt suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a chrysanthemum blossom, with two fude (writing brushes) with sparse nashiji handles and covers, unsigned; with a wood storage box with a paper label inscribed Usunashiji kiku uta-e Doho kogata suzuribako (Usu nashiji small writing box by Doho with design of chrysanthemum and poem); accompanied by a slip recording that the box was sold for 1,650,000 yen on 19 February 2000 (lot 178) at Seibi Auction, described as Igarashi Doho kiku maki-e aogai-iri suzuribako (Writing box with design of chrysanthemums in maki-e and shell by Igarashi Doho).
