A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER BUNKO (DOCUMENT BOX)

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER BUNKO (DOCUMENT BOX)

MODERN, 20TH CENTURY

Of typical rectangular shape with rounded corners, decorated with hanawa (circular patterns of various flowers) in gold hiramakie and kirikane and the black roiro ground, the rims with silver mounts, together with an inscribed tomobako wood box, 12cm x 23.5cm x 32cm. (3)

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