室町時代 楼閣山水蒔絵書箱, Box for Books with Waterfall, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 16th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold and silver foil application and silver inlay on black lacquer ground, L.10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 71/4 in. (18.4 cm); H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Lacquer, Originally this extravagantly decorated box held books, which could be pushed up through a hole at the base. It was later converted into a box for writing implements. The decoration of a pine, cypress, plum, and camellia set in a mountainous landscape with a waterfall and temples fills the entire surface of the box, from the top to the beveled sides, and remains uninterrupted whether the box is open or closed
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室町時代 楼閣山水蒔絵書箱, Box, Books, Waterfall, Muromachi period, 1392–1573, 16th century, Japan, Lacquered wood, gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold, foil application, inlay, black lacquer ground, L.10 1/4, 26 cm, W, 71/4, 18.4, H, 1 7/8, 4.8, Lacquer, Originally, extravagantly decorated box, held, books, pushed up, hole, base, later converted, box, writing implements, decoration, pine, cypress, plum, camellia set, mountainous landscape, waterfall, temples fills, entire surface, top, beveled sides, remains uninterrupted, whether, open, closed
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