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A MINIATURE LACQUER DOCUMENT BOXMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century Rectangular with square corners, the lid of inrobuta (flush-fitting) type, decorated in neo-Rinpa style with a gibbous moon, weeping willow, and two jakago (gabions, stone-filled baskets used to reinforce riverbanks), the wood substrate covered in mottled reddish lacquer, the decoration principally in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with inlay of lead or pewter and shell, the rims gold fundame, the interior gold muranashiji. 1 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 8 7/8in (4.9 x 6.1 x 22.6cm)FootnotesProvenance: Midori Gallery, Arts of Pacific Asia, New York, 21 September 2000 Exhibited: Scattered Gold and Midnight Gloss, Japanese Lacquer from the Anbinder Collection, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 31 March - 8 July 2007