Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Coins & Money 5" x 64" x 16"

5" x 64" x 16" (width x height x depth)

Used for storing documents

1920's) Nakashima ceramic plate all printed in gold

with jointed traditional construction

We typically sell full sets with the hand turned wooden bowls on our other eBay store: Shoguns Gallery

Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Coins & Money 5" x 64" x 16"This is an antique Japanese late Taisho Era (c. 1920) lacquered Suzuribako (calligraphy ink stone box) made of cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of pumpkin orange and black lacquer. Japanese lacquer from the this era was considered the finest ever made. It is all hand made and has two cranes detailed in maki e gold and red laquer. The inner lid is inscribed in gold and translates to: Ashikaga City Higashi Jinjo Elementary School and the large