Lacquer cosmetic box (tebako) with a waterfall

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A lacquer cosmetic box (tebako), worked in gold taka-maki-e with a dramatic view of a waterfall over rocks, a cherry tree growing to one side and another at the foot of the waterfall, on a roiro ground, the interior of sparse nashiji, applied with silver rims.



Unsigned



Width 23.8cm, Length 29cm, Height 14.5cm

Meiji Period, circa 1900

With wood box.

£POA