Framed Chinese Silk Wedding Emboidery Roundel (c.1900) 22" Cloisonne Suzuribako were used as portable

Suzuribako were used as portable accounting chests (the forerunner of the attaché case)

This particular lacquer is deep transparent red with a bright opaque orange red on the interior

These guardian figures hold significant cultural and artistic value in Japan

and the finest examples demonstrate real painterly ambition within a popular devotional format

Framed Chinese Silk Wedding Emboidery Roundel (c.1900) 22" Cloisonne Suzuribako were used as portableThis is a framed and matted Chinese silk wedding patch Featuring a Dragon ringed with Traditional symbols of good luck and prosperity such as bats, fans, gourds peaches, scrolls, lucky knots,clouds and water. Length = 22" Width = 16" Depth = . 5"