A gold lacquer and gilt-metal mounted lacquer chest, Karabitsu Japan, 19th-early 20th century

A gold lacquer and gilt-metal mounted lacquer chest, Karabitsu

Japan, 19th-early 20th century

of rectangular section supported on six feet extending up the sides, decorated on the cover and sides in gold hiramaki-e with a a flowering prunus, bamboo shoots and pine on a brown laquer ground evoking the 'Three Friends of Winter'

58.5 x 83 x 59 cm, 23 x 32⅝ in.

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Karabitsu en laque or Japon, XIX^E-début XX^E siècle

de forme caractéristique rectangulaire reposant sur six pieds, à décor sur le couvercle et les cotés des 'trois amis de l'hiver', prunier, pin et bamboo en or hiramaki-e sur un fond laqué brun

58,5 x 83 x 59 cm, 23 x 32⅝ in.

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