A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER HOKAI (FOOD CONTAINER)

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER HOKAI (FOOD CONTAINER)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical form, the ribbed square box raised on four spreading feet, the cover and sides decorated with foliage and curling tendrils issuing from rocky outcrops; all rendered in gold hiramaki-e on the roiro ground; with metal mounts decorated with further scrolling tendrils, 37.5cm x 38cm x 38cm. (2)

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