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Japanese Meiji Period Gilded Cherry Blossom Decorated Black Lacquer Document Box

$ 50.16

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Primary Material: Wood
  • Featured Refinements: Japanese Lacquer Box
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Maker: Unknown
  • Color: Gilded Black Lacquer
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Type: Boxes
  • Region of Origin: Japan
  • Age: c. 1910

    Description

    This fine Japanese Meiji Period gilded black lacquer two piece dispatch or letter box is decorated with delicately gilded cherry blossoms and is bound together by means of  a heavily woven green silk band attached to the lower section of the box with silvered bales with cast cherry blossom backplates.  The box (with lid) is 9 1/2" long x 2 7/8" wide x 2" tall.  The piece came with what I thought was a bit of a whimsical description by a former owner that reads:
    Japanese lacquer box
    in Cherry blossom design for Spring. To carry letters in the days of the Samurai - 18th c
    .   The box is in great almost pristine condition with just a few tiny repaired chips.
    Stock number SA2A-286