AN INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) IN THE STYLE OF OGATA KŌRIN
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
The shape rounded and rectangular with a domed kabusebuta (overhanging lid) with a priest and a courtier on the exterior, most likely Sōjō Henjō and Fumi"ya no Yasuhide respectively, their faces and clothes expressed in gold maki-e , nashiji , shell, pewter, clear lacquer, and gold flake, the interior of the lid with the design of flowers including hydrangea, golden lace, and bellflower, calligraphic characters of a poem expressed in pewter and shell, the interior of the box similarly lacquered with flowers and calligraphy, structural indentations containing the suzuri (ink-grinding stone), and a metal rectangular suiteki (water dropper) unsigned
With one lacquered-wood storage box inscribed Rokkasen byōkin utsushi Kōrin osuzuribako (Writing box with maki-e design of the Six Poets, copy of Kōrin)
9 x 8 7/8 x 3 3/4in (22.8 x 22.5 x 9.5cm)