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![Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) , Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA13-1_1-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) , Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 2), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA13-1_2-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 2), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 3), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA13-1_3-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 3), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 4), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA13-1_4-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (diagonal view 4), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (top view), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA13-1_5-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) (top view), Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century [thumbnail]")
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Lacquer jubako (stacked food box) Japan, Late Edo/Meiji Period, 19th century
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The box is of square form and is composed of four layers and a cover. The cover and sides are decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirigane with panels in the shape of over-lapping poetry sheets with designs of chrysanthemums in stylized rivers and with pavilions in forests, each panel surrounded by a diaper designed background. The interior is decorated in nashiji lacquer.
Dimensions
18cm wide, 21cm high, 17cm deep
Condition
The corners of the tiers are cracked and some have been re-glued. There are some minor losses of lacquer in other places. Otherwise the rest of the lacquer is in good condition.
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