A JAPANESE GOLD AND SILVER LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) ...

Hammer

£900

A JAPANESE GOLD AND SILVER LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a samurai playing a flute outside of a gate, whilst his horse grazes nearby, its ambumi (stirrups) inlaid with shell, the interior of the lid amusingly decorated with a scene of two humanised monkeys in conversation, one wearing a sanbaso headdress, the other holding a wooden wand attached with paper, the copper suiteki (water-dropper) in the form of a shell, with a tomobako storage box
22.0cm wide 

PROVENANCE: From the Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection, Melbourne, Australia. Acquired from Cunningham Art Projects, Melbourne, Australia, 2022, and with copy of original invoice

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import charge is payable at 5% on the hammer price.  VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer's premium and will not be shown separately on our invoice.