A bon [tray] | Edo period, 19th century

A bon [tray] 

Edo period, 19^th century 

of rounded rectangular form on four feet, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kimpun and inlays of gold foil on a nashiji ground, with scattered open and closed fans, variously depicting the eight-plank bridge (yatsuhashi) among irises, leaves of wild ginger (aoi) beside a blind, stylised floral patterns, seigaiha and autumn grasses, fundame rims; accompanied with a fitted wood storage box 

42 cm., 16½ in. long (the tray) 

9 x 30 x 45 cm., 3½ x 11⅞ x 17¾ in. (the fitted wood box)