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LARGE LIDDED BOX – “HOKKAI BAKO”
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LARGE LIDDED BOX – “HOKKAI BAKO”
See original version (French)
Estimate €700 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
LARGE LIDDED BOX – “HOKKAI BAKO”
or “box on legs”, in lacquer enhanced with chiselled copper fittings, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground with the “yoroicho mon” and the “hidari mitsu fuji domoye mon” motifs, among the “three friends of winter” (pine, plum and bamboo); the cylindrical, ringed sides and the lid are similarly decorated, with the four legs rising up the sides of the body.
(Restored; with losses, wear and minor damage, including lacquer losses).
Japan, late Meiji period, c. 1900.
A LARGE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUERED WOODEN ‘HOKKAI BAKO’ BOX AND COVER, JAPAN, LATE MEIJI PERIOD, CA. 1900.
HEIGHT 46.5 CM (18 5/16 IN.) – DIAMETER (MAX) 41 CM (16 9/64 IN.)
NOTE
‘Hokkai-bako’ were originally luxury boxes for food taken on outings, to ceremonies or weddings. Later, they were also used to store the shells used in the game ‘kai-awase’, which was popular amongst the aristocracy. Finally, these boxes were often part of a bride’s trousseau, used to carry clothes, sweets or accessories.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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