A RARE LACQUER TANZAKU-BAKO (POEM-CARD BOX) AND COVER WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM ROUNDELS Japan, 19th centuryThe lacquer box used for the storage of tanzaku poem slips of rectangular form with rounded corners, the box fitted with two metal loop handles suspended from neatly incised leaves, the wood ground decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with various overlapping chrysanthemum roundels, the interiors of nashiji with gold fundame edges.LENGTH 19.2 cmCondition: The cover with age cracks and associated old repair and minor touchups, the box with an old minor touchup to the interior rim, further with few small nicks and minor surface wear, overall in good presentable condition.Provenance: British private collection. The base with an old inventory label, ‘204. Glasgow Art Galleries & Museums. Reg. No. 22cs-[7]3’. Notes RefButton4