Chinese and Japanese Asian Art by David Hawkes
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1930 item #1404443 (stock #4552)
Hawkes, Asian Art
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A Tsuiki Jippo Cloisonne Enamel Writing Box (Suzuribako), 
Ando Company, early 1930’s .

The box is formed from heavy gauge copper, the lid decorated with tsuiki-jippo enamels in relief on a raised design of a Shinto shrine in a wooded setting, a Torii and lantern also present. The interior has been applied with a coarse cloth lacquered with both clear and red lacquer in an abstract design and contains a hardwood tray with fitted inkstone and tsuiki-jippo water-dropper...