A matching set of lacquered-wood suzuribako (box for writing utensils) and ryoshibako (document box)


By Kiyoshi, Showa period (1926-1989), early-mid 20th centuryEach of standard rectangular form with rounded edges and inrobuta (flush-fitting lids), decorated in green, red and grey takamaki-e with tall stalks of bearded irises, the leaves extending over the sides, the interior of both boxes of polished black lacquer, the suzuribako fitted with a roiro tray containing the inkstone and water-dropper (lacking); each signed inside the lids in gold lacquer Kiyoshi saku. The ryoshibako: 12.5cm x 36cm x 27cm (4 7/8in x 14 1/16in x 10 9/16in); the suzuribako: 4.5cm x 23.5cm x 15.2cm (1¾in x 9¼in x 6in). (6).