JAPAN, SAWASA - Edo Period (1603–1868), 17th/18th Century - Lot 287

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JAPAN, SAWASA - Edo Period (1603–1868), 17th/18th Century - Lot 287
JAPAN, SAWASA - Edo Period (1603–1868), 17th/18th Century Small, four-lobed tobacco box made of partially gilded copper and shakudo, decorated with a slightly raised relief depicting a Chinese garden landscape, a plum tree in bloom, birds, a peach tree, and pavilions; the sides are adorned with branches of peach and plum trees, pine, figures in a boat, and flowers, and incised with foliage patterns. L. 12.1 cm Reference: A similar box is illustrated in *Sawasa, Japanese Export Art in Black and Gold*, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, fig. B.17.1. These boxes were used to hold tobacco and were produced for Dutch customers living both locally and abroad. They passed through the port of Batavia, the hub of the Dutch East India Company. Expert: Portier & Co.
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