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Three-Tiered Maki-e Box browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900: item # 946963 Please refer to our stock # 03-226 when inquiring.
Flying Cranes Antiques Ltd. 1050 Second Avenue, Galleries 55, 56 and 58 New York, NY 10022 Tel.212-223-4600 Guest Book Price on Request |
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| An exquisite three-tiered maki-e box of lozenge-form decorated with gold-lacquered geese flying in hiramaki-e and kinji in a spiral formation above convoluted clouds. On its lid the theme continues with a full, silvery moon shining alongside the geese. This imagery is executed on a dense maki-e ground with sprays of kiku, pine and grasses in gold and silver hiramaki-e.The interiors of rich maki-e, the inner lid decorated with three butterflies in low relief and the last compartment done in gold kinji. This maki-e box is in excellent condition, its gold-lacquered cartouche of Zokoku and the elephant seal found on the base. (This elephant seal is greatly sought after by lacquer collectors.) Height: 2.5", length: 2.25" Edo Period, Japan | ||||||||||
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