A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX, INNER TRAYS AND COVER)

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX, INNER TRAYS AND COVER)
EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical square shape with chamfered corners, the cover decorated with a figure fishing, seated underneath a thatched canopy on stilts above a stream; the reverse of the lid with figures pulling a stranded boat on a river, with two gloomy fishermen on board; with two rectangular trays to the inside, one decorated with flowers and foliage by a large tree stump, the other with an oval ink stone and a chrysanthemum-shaped metal suiteki; all rendered in gold hiramaki-e on the nashiji ground; 4.5cm x 23cm x 21.1cm. (5)

Provenance: purchased from Lennox Money Antiques Ltd, 8th February 1973. A copy of the invoice is available.