JAPON FIN DE LA PÉRIODE EDO, XIXE SIÈCLE
A small black lacquer Hokkai-bako, or box for playing with shells, also known as a picnic box, cylindrical in shape with a ringed wall on four feet, decorated in gold hiramaki-e with the Tokugawa Mon on the lid and the rim, the feet and the edge of the lid enhanced with chased fittings.
H. 20,5 cm - D. 18,5 cm
(Wear and tear, lacquer chips, restorations on the edge of the lid, some damage, wear)