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    An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is de...
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  • Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Plum Blossom Design, Taisho Period
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    A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms. In Japanese culture plum blossom symbolises the beginning of Spring, having its own festival, the Ume Matsuri, alongside the more famous cherry blossom festival...
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  • Japanese Carved Kamakura Lacquer Box with Botanical Design by Tamerou Ono
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  • Japanese Red and Black Lacquer Chest with Silver Maki E Design, Taisho Period
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  • Japanese Wakasa Lacquer Folder for Poems and Paintings
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