Lot 379 Dα

A large maki-e lacquer box. Early 20th century

A large maki-e lacquer box decorated with karuta (playing cards) with representations of Japanese poets and their poems in maki-e and a little red lacquer on a roiro ground. Inside the lid karako making music on a nashiji ground. Nashiji to the inside. Early 20th century.
Height 15.2 cm; width 32.3 cm; length 42.4 cm