JAPAN - Meiji period (1868-1912) - Lot 13

JAPAN - Meiji period (1868-1912) Suzuribako decorated with gold and silver taka maki-e lacquer and mother-of-pearl aogai on a hirame background of peonies in foliage. The interior is decorated with butterflies in gold and silver taka maki-e lacquer on a nashiji background and Korin's apocryphal signature. The leaf-shaped mizuhire. (Misses, wear, chips). Dimensions: 24.5 x 20.6 x 4 cm Provenance : - Beaussant Lefèvre, Strycker Collection, April 3, 2023, no. 143 pp. - Galerie Duval, Brussels, April 25, 1964. Reference: this piece was exhibited in the exhibition "Kunst van Japan in Belgische privé-verzameingen" (Japanese art in Belgian private collections) at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1967, no. 328.