Bidspirit auction | A JAPANESE SUZURIBAKO 硯箱 (WRITING

A JAPANESE SUZURIBAKO 硯箱 (WRITING BOX) BY TANDA CHÛBE’E 谷田忠兵衛 (18TH CENTURY) - A red lacquered almost square suzuribako writing set, its lid decorated with a design of a flowering plum tree in gold- and silver- and a pine tree in black raised takamakie-lacquer. The inside of the box shows plum blossoms flowers on sprinkled gold makie-lacquer and has an oblong ink stone, a metal plum blossom shaped water dropper and two writing brushes. In its original tomobako store box. 24.5 by 22 cm. Width: 5 cm