Property from the Paul and Helen Anbinder Collection A BLACK-LACQUER ACCESSORY BOXMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century A tebako of standard early twentieth-century form with rounded corners, the inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid with a chiri-i ledge, rising to a slightly domed top, the box fitted with a kakego (inner tray); the exterior with one stand of chrysanthemums and another of daisies; the wood substrate covered in polished black roiro lacquer and decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirigane and hirame , the rims silver, the interior and base silver hirame ; with a lacquered wood tomobako storage box 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 10 5/8in (14.2 x 21.5 x 27.1cm) Provenance Erik Thomsen/Hamlet Antiques, Arts of Pacific Asia, New York, September 17, 1999 Exhibited Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, "Scattered Gold and Midnight Gloss, Japanese Lacquer from the Anbinder Collection," March 31-July 8, 2007