Table for Writing Implements (Bundai), Muromachi period (1392–1573), ca. 1500, Japan, Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer

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Table for Writing Implements (Bundai), Muromachi period (1392–1573), ca. 1500, Japan, Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer, in.( cm); in.( cm); in., Lacquer, The bundai, a low rectangular table with cuspate legs, was used to hold paper and the suzuribako, a lacquer box that held the ink stone, water dropper, ink, and brushes. In this early example the sparse composition concentrated to one side

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