£300 - £500
A JAPANESE LATE MEIJI PERIOD-TAISHO, (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY), THREE-TIER LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER. The cover decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with probably the poet-priest Saigyo Hoshi, admiring the crescent moon applied in silver high relief, the sides lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with a continuous design of pine, stylised birds, cherry blossoms floating on a stream, within wooden box, 8.2cm x 22.2cm x 15cm
Overall in good order, some minor surface wear and minute chips to edges of tiers, the cover does not sit flush and has warped slightly.
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* |
