3 Flowers

Vintage 1980s

3 FLOWERS LETTER BOX

A superb lacquer book box, fine maki e painting of three flowers and leafage.

Refer to the large images for full of details of quality and condition.
As new in mint condition, a stored family treasure

Original Tomobako wood box. The characters on the cover reading Te Bun Ko - Letter box. Hei An Zo Hiko - lacquer shop in Kyoto.
Heian Zo located in Kyoto is a very famous lacquer ware shop that has supplied Japanese lacquer to the Imperial Household, Overseas Dignitaries, and Embassies.

The original price of this box was 18,000 Yen (A$1,800)

Length about : 30 cm Width about : 22.5 cm
Height about: 6.3 cm
Weight about: 763 grams

A$180

The finest quality wood lacquer in the world is that made in Japan.
Made using only the best woods such as, Zelkova (keyaki), Japanese Chestnut, Japanese Cypress, Magnolia, Cherry.
It takes approximately 6 months and 23 different processes from start to finish to produce each individual Handmade Item