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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2016 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 585 | $****** - ****** | A matching set of bundai (writing table) and suzuribako (writing box) and cover |
sculpture
copper, lacquer, gold
The bundai of standard form with fudegaeshi (raised sections to left and right); the suzuribako with kabusebuta (overhanging lid) and bevelled chiri-i (narrow ledges between the top and the sides), the interior of the suzuribako with a tray and platform, fitted with a circular copper-lined opening containing a copper suiteki (water-dropper) chiselled with a chrysanthemum design; the bundai and the exterior and interior of the suzuribako lid covered in black polished lacquer and decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirikane and nashiji, the other surfaces finished in black lacquer with gold hirame, the fittings of the bundai in copper; the design of the bundai consisting of a hanaguruma (flower cart) containing peonies and branches of cherry, the exterior of the suzuribako lid with a hanaguruma containing chrysanthemums and camellia, the interior of the lid with two courtly garden buildings with pine and plum trees, a mountain in the background, unsigned, the suzuribako containing an associated letter dated Bunka 10 [1813]; each with tomobako wood storage box.(10)