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Description: MAGNIFICENT SHIBAYAMA INLAID LACQUER WRITING BOX AND DOCUMENT BOX, SUZURIBAKO AND RYOSHIBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1890
both of rectangular form with indented corners, the exterior carved and elaborately inlaid in stained ivory, tortoiseshell, mother of pearl and wood, the cover of the suzuribako depicting Princess Joruri-hime playing the koto on a verandah, surrounded by autumn flowers and pine trees in the garden, each side inlaid with chrysanthemum flowerheads, the interior of the cover inset with a shaped panel decorated in gold hiramaki-e (low relief lacquer) and togidashi-e (sprinkled designs revealed by polishing) with a mountain landscape, the interior fitted with a slate inkstone, silver water dropper in the form of a plum spray; the cover of the ryoshibako similarly decorated in shibayama-inlay with a moonlit scene depicting Minamoto no Yoshitsune on horseback playing the flute beneath pine, accompanied by three attendants, each side inlaid with Chinese figures gathering chrysanthemum flowers, the interior of the cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with figures crossing a bridge in a mountainous landscape, both with fitted Japanese wooden boxes (2)
suzuribako 25cm long, 22cm wide, 6.5cm high; ryoshibako 41cm long, 35cm wide, 18cm high