A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER BOX

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER BOX, COVER AND INNER TRAY

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape, the cover decorated with two fan-shaped panels, one enclosing pavilions by a large rock on the lake shore, the other with bamboo branches amongst wispy clouds, rendered in gold and silver takamaki-e and nashiji on the black roiro ground, the rim embellished with a band of karakusa scrolls, 7.5cm x 15.8cm x 19.5cm; together with an inscribed tomobako wood box. (4)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.