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Sweet Box (Kashibako) with Aristocratic Carriage Design

Sweet Box (Kashibako) with Aristocratic Carriage Design

Japanese

Lacquer on woven bamboo with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays

Edo period, 1615-1868

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