Property from the Paul and Helen Anbinder Collection A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embellishments on a dense hirame ground with scattered e-hon , the edges of the lid finished in Gyōbu-nashiji , the underside of the lid and interior with a continuation of the design against a nashiji ground, the interior fitted with a removable tray, a rectangular inkstone, and a silver lobed suiteki (water dropper) incised with chrysanthemums, with two writing brushes, a paper knife and paper pricker decorated in nashiji with silver fittings incised with floral scroll on a nanako ground With a wood tomobako storage box 1 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 9 1/2in (3.8 x 22.2 x 24.1cm) Provenance St. John's University Collection