£300 - £500
A JAPANESE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO). Decorated with gold, silver and red lacquer hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground, with a pair of chickens in a garden, one a large rooster, standing on a war drum decorated with scrolling clouds and stylised dragons, the interior in gold nashiji with a silver coloured metal water drop and an inkstone, in original box, 25.2 cm x 21.2cm x 4.5cm
Overall in good order. Some very minor wear to gilt edges and further very small patches of wear to interior.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 500000: | 24% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 12% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 500000: | 27.6% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 15.6% inc VAT* |
