Caption

Portable picnic set sagejûbako, Japanese; Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912, 19th century. Rectangular cabinet without side walls on a stand; two stacked food containers set incomplete; originally four; two tin sake bottles on a stand. Top tabletop with handle, one small drawer and a shelf for trays missing. Exterior covered with black roiro-nuri lacquer; interiors of food containers with vermilion lacquer. Surface ornament executed in hiramaki-e and nashiji techniques with motifs of blooming wisteria, camellias, rosettes coins, leaves, plum trees, and wolfberries; includes a mon. Height 31.3 cm; width 30.5 cm; depth 17.8 cm; weight 2.29 kg., A small rectangular black wooden cabinet with a rounded metal handle on top and gold painted floral and geometric decorations, an open upper shelf, a lower compartment containing a red-lined open box with gold motifs and a drawer below decorated with gold floral designs, and two metallic cylindrical bottles with narrow necks standing beside the box; the cabinet shows gold accents on its inner edges and decorative panels, with visible colors including black, gold, red, silver, and a brownish tone on the handle, all set against a plain light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A22_065

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Keywords

Portable picnic set sagejûbako Japanese Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912 19th century Rectangular cabinet side walls stand two stacked food containers incomplete originally four two tin sake bottles Top tabletop handle small drawer shelf trays missing Exterior covered black roiro-nuri lacquer interiors vermilion lacquer Surface ornament executed hiramaki-e nashiji techniques motifs blooming wisteria camellias rosettes coins leaves plum trees wolfberries includes mon Height 31.3 cm width 30.5 cm depth 17.8 cm weight 2.29 kg small rectangular black wooden cabinet rounded metal handle top gold painted floral geometric decorations open upper shelf lower compartment containing red-lined open box gold motifs drawer decorated gold floral designs two metallic cylindrical bottles narrow necks standing beside box cabinet gold accents inner edges decorative panels visible colors black red silver brownish tone plain light gray background.