Lot details Japan, 19th century The covers of the miniature writing boxes finely decorated in gold takamaki-e, as well as kirigane and e-nashiji with a torii (shrine gate) in water amid waves, the shoreline in the distant background lined with pine trees, the interiors with nashiji grounds decorated in gold takamaki-e with birds and flowers, each fitted with an inkstone, silver waterdropper, and two brushes, with silver rims. SIZE 4 x 5 cm (each) Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear, one waterdropper lost. Provenance: From a private collection in New York, USA. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred. Auction comparison: Compare a related miniature gold lacquer suzuribako, 9.5 x 8.5 cm, at Bonhams, Property from the Collection of Drs. Edmund and Julie Lewis, Part I, 11 September 2019, New York, lot 513 (sold for 4,450 USD, together with a smaller pair of miniature suzuribako and ryoshibako). Compare a related miniature suzuribako at Sotheby’s, Fine Japanese Art, 14 May 2019, London, lot 119 (sold for 2,500 GBP).
Lot details Japan, 19th century The covers of the miniature writing boxes finely decorated in gold takamaki-e, as well as kirigane and e-nashiji with a torii (shrine gate) in water amid waves, the shoreline in the distant background lined with pine trees, the interiors with nashiji grounds decorated in gold takamaki-e with birds and flowers, each fitted with an inkstone, silver waterdropper, and two brushes, with silver rims. SIZE 4 x 5 cm (each) Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear, one waterdropper lost. Provenance: From a private collection in New York, USA. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred. Auction comparison: Compare a related miniature gold lacquer suzuribako, 9.5 x 8.5 cm, at Bonhams, Property from the Collection of Drs. Edmund and Julie Lewis, Part I, 11 September 2019, New York, lot 513 (sold for 4,450 USD, together with a smaller pair of miniature suzuribako and ryoshibako). Compare a related miniature suzuribako at Sotheby’s, Fine Japanese Art, 14 May 2019, London, lot 119 (sold for 2,500 GBP).
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