松竹梅家紋散し蒔絵文箱, Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests, 19th century

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松竹梅家紋散し蒔絵文箱, Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set), L. 16 in. ( cm), Lacquer, This letter box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thirty-one pieces, represents late Edo-period maki-e (decoration in gold and/or silver sprinkled powder) art at its finest. The Shimazu family, lords of Satsuma in Kyushu, ordered this traditional trousseau most likely for Taka-hime, who was married to Matsudaira Sadakazu, lord of Kuwana (Ise Province), around 1830

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Size: 5200px × 3901px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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