£180
A Japanese black lacquer fubako letter box, Meiji period. With gold maki-e decoration to the cover with a flowering tree on a raised hill and nishiji design to the interior, height 5cm, width 24.5cm, depth 9.5cm. Fubako are rectangular boxes used for storage of letters. From the collection of Pat Johnstone, a Cornish artist and sculptor, who also had a passion for collecting Asian antiques and especially Japanese combs, kogai and kanzashi. Her collection has been curated for over 40 years and includes items from the Miriam Slater collection.
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