Project Description
Export Lacquer Box with Hinged Cover
Decorated in gold takamaki-e with two shishi and dragonflies. Original engraved gilt copper hinges and escutcheons, the hasp lost
Second half 17th century
Height 12.5cm, width 36.2cm, depth 27xm
Provenance:
The Toms Collection, sold at Sotheby’s London, 8th June 1995, lot 177
Oliver and Jane Impey, Oxford
MR4311