Japanese lacquer box, Brown lacquer box with convex lid. At the back two silver hinges (5 x 2 cm). On the one a man, frontal and full-length, dressed in wide pants, half-high boots with a sagging brim, a short shoulder cloak, jerkin, wide neck collar and wide-brimmed hat. On the other hinge a woman, also full-length but here slightly turned to the left. She is wearing a long dress. The left hand is resting on her side. The right arm is extended to the left. The upper part of the hinges consists of a fantasy ornament in a canopy shape. On the front a silver key plate in cartouch shape and a bolt. Above that also a canopy-shaped decoration (9 x 5 cm). The lacquer pattern is composed of mother-of-pearl rectangles with medallions in the middle. In the middle of the lid a silver handle (8.2 cm wide), Japan, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, Netherlands, 1600 - 1650, wood (plant material), mother of pearl, lacquer (coating), silver (metal), engraving, l 15.0 cm × w 23.5 cm × h 18.0 cm
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Japanese lacquer box, Brown lacquer box, convex lid, back two black-and-white hinges, 5 x 2 cm, man, frontal, full-length, dressed, wide pants, half-high boots, sagging brim, short shoulder cloak, jerkin, wide neck collar, wide-brimmed hat, hinge, woman, slightly turned, left, wearing, long dress, left hand, resting, side, right arm, extended, upper part, hinges consists, fantasy ornament, canopy shape, front, black-and-white key plate, cartouch shape, bolt, canopy-shaped decoration, 9 x 5 cm, lacquer pattern, composed, mother-of-pearl rectangles, medallions, middle, lid, black-and-white handle, 8 2
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