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The box is of square form and is composed of four layers and a cover. The cover and sides are decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirigane with panels in the shape of over-lapping poetry sheets with designs of chrysanthemums in stylized rivers and with pavilions in forests, each panel surrounded by a diaper designed background. The interior is decorated in nashiji lacquer.
18cm wide, 21cm high, 17cm deep
The corners of the tiers are cracked and some have been re-glued. There are some minor losses of lacquer in other places. Otherwise the rest of the lacquer is in good condition.
AA13-1
© 2012-24 Harry Douglas-Hamilton – Specialist in Chinese, Japanese and Oriental art, based in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England