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Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art Object Details
![Lacquer ko-bako (small box), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA28-5_1-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer ko-bako (small box), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (diagonally, from top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA28-5_2-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (diagonally, from top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA28-5_3-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]")
![Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (inside, top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA28-5_4-thb-s-2.jpg "Lacquer ko-bako (small box) (inside, top), Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century [thumbnail]")
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Lacquer ko-bako (small box) Japan, Edo Period, 18th-19th century
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The box is in the shape of a piece of fruit. The cover is decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a red ground with two cranes beside a pine tree with Mount Fuji in the background.
Dimensions
7.5cm wide, 3.3cm high, 11.5cm deep
Condition
The red lacquer has faded. The gold is considerably rubbed. The interior rim is cracked. The edges are worn with some lacquer losses.
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