FINE & LARGER Japanese red LACQUER Snapper-Sea bream/Tai FISH lidded TRAY-BOX. A nice, old & beautiful Japanese wood-based lacquer box in form of a fish. The fish is very lifelike in its natural size (the largest everseen agaist its counterparts), and is completely covered in lacquer: dark red on the outside with yellow belly, black the interior. Its raised tail & pectoral fin served as handle & finial respectively.
Gorgeous details of scales, fins & others, unmarked. 3.75"95mm H(igh, to tail's tip) x 15.5"393mm L(ong) x 7.5190mm W(ide), weighs 420gr.
Very good with scattered small scratches & discolorations. To minimize disappointment & to avoid un-necessary costs, however, please ask questions before purchasing. Get images that make Supersized seem small.
Tailor your auctions with Auctiva's. The item "FINE & LARGER Japanese red LACQUER Snapper-Sea bream/Tai FISH lidded TRAY-BOX" is in sale since Tuesday, December 15, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Other Japanese Antiques". The seller is "chuotdong" and is located in Sacramento, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.