Project Description
Lacquer Box with Hinged Cover
Decorated in gold takamaki-e, with a Kano style landscape, the sides with flowers and rocks. The fitted interior has a large tray beside three deep compartments, and beneath those is a drawer. Original gilt copper hinges and escutcheons
Second half 17th century
Height 19cm, width 53.5cm, depth 33cm
Provenance:
Oliver and Jane Impey, Oxford
MR4310