A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER SAGEJUBAKO (PICNIC BOX)

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER SAGEJUBAKO (PICNIC BOX)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The rectangular frame, the two trays, four-tier box and cover all decorated in takamakie and hiramakie with patterns of flower sprays and tendrils on paulownia mon, alternating with a gold shippo-tsunagi pattern against a roiro-nuri ground in a katamigawari design, together with a pair of quatrelobed lacquer vessels, the box 34.5cm x 36cm x 20cm. (a lot)

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.