A lacquered-wood rectangular suzuribako (box for writing utensils)


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe exterior of plain polished wood, the overlapping cover inset on the outside with a circular sunken panel and embellished on the inside in gold takamaki-e and kirikane with crashing Korin-style waves beneath a partly obscured sunset on a mura-nashiji ground, the interior of the box of rich mura-nashiji and fitted with a detachable tray containing the ink-grinding stone and a bronze suiteki (water-dropper) in the form of a bloom, unsigned; with a wood storage box. 3.3cm x 21.9cm x 13.6cm (1¼in x 8¾in x 5 3/8in). (6).