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Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Hydrangea, Fabric and Mirror Design

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Hydrangea, Fabric and Mirror Design

Japanese

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with glazed-ceramic and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and lacquered-copper fittings

Edo period, 1615-1868

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