Lot 277 Dα

A lacquer suzuribako. 19th century

With a slightly domed lid decorated with a hen, two chicks and a chrysanthemum bush by a rivulet in takamakie and hiramakie of gold and a little silver, red lacquer, kirikane and gold foil, the eye of the hen of reverse-painted glass, all on a nashiji ground, the reverse of the lid with three cranes in flight, the sides with butterflies. Inside an inkstone and a water dropper of silvery metal. Traces of usage.
Height 6 cm; 23.7 x 20.7 cm