Description A LACQUERED SUZURIBAKO WITH SCHOLARS PLAYING GOJapan, 19th centuryThe box of rectangular form with rounded edges and a matt black lacquer ground, designed with two scholars seated beside a craggy rock and plum branches, engaged in the go board game. With red, gilt and silver details in hiramaki-e. The inside cover in gold hiramaki-e against a densely sprinkled nashiji ground, with a man standing amongst bamboo leaves and holding a hoe. The interior of the box fitted with one tray, a suzuri (inkstone), bamboo brush, and ink cake.SIZE 21.5 x 24.4 x 4.5 cmCondition: Overall good, yet worn condition with surface scratches, chips, and flaking to the lacquer. A crack to one edgeProvenance: Ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings was on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.