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A Japanese Gold Lacquer Scroll Box, Jikumono bako
Estimate: $700-$900
Sold
$550
Live Auction
Asian Decorative Art
Size
Length 12 1/2 in., 31.75 cm.
Description
A Japanese Gold Lacquer Scroll Box, Jikumono bako
19th Century
of elongated rectangular form, the cover worked with gold takamaki-e and shell inlays to the nashiji ground to show sparrows beneath boughs of wisteria. 
Length 12 1/2 in., 31.75 cm.
Property from a Private Collection
Condition
The overall structural integrity presently sound and stable, all shell inlays intact, with some expecting rubbing and soiling to the gilding throughout, particularly at the corners and lips of each box and cover. The cover with a small deeper incision near the upmost bird, splitting at the interior where one short wall meets the top. The underside with some flaking a the corners, one of which with a thumbnail-sized flaking chip.