£45
A Japanese black lacquer scholar's rectangular desk caddy, lift-out tray enclosing six rectangular specimen boxes and covers decorated in hiramakie and takamakie with fans and palms, blossoms and foliage, precious objects, structures and birds, the box with moulded top above four panel sides decorated with further blossom and leafy foliage on a splash ground, twin-ring handles, 10.5cm high, 13cm wide, mon emblem of a cross within a rectangular lozenge, Meiji period
Generally fair. The top lacking one skirted edge. One panel with stable horizontal crack. Its connecting edge split. Some wear and rubbing to decoration.
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