Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon

Japan

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Both Chinese and Japanese poetry contain allusions to the delicate beauty of plum blossoms in the moonlight and their subtle fragrance. This literary allusion underlies the imagery on this box and is particularly appropriate to its function as a container for an ink stone and brushes.

Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan

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Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan

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