A RARE AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE LACQUER FUBAKO (LETTER BOX)

A RARE AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE LACQUER FUBAKO (LETTER BOX)
POSSIBY EDO, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Of rectangular kabusebuta (overlapping lid) shape, decorated with thick white, red and black raised lacquer on the gold ground, imitating the kinkarakawa (gold Chinese leather) technique; the box with two circular fittings in gilt metal each attached with a loose ring, and the inside decorated in nashiji, with a crane-shaped mon, 31cm x 13cm x 9cm. (2)

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