A BLACK-LACQUER BUNDAI (WRITING DESK) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th cent

A BLACK-LACQUER BUNDAI (WRITING DESK) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The roiro ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji with omodaka (three-leaf arrowheads) on a shallow meandering stream, the whole raised on two straightsided feet with scalloped inner edges, the sides applied with brass metal mounts; with a wooden storage box inscribed Kuroji nagashi sawa utsushi maki-e zukue (Black-lacquered maki-e desk depicting a scene of a marsh). 24.1cm x 38.1cm x 96.5cm (9¼in x 15in x 38in). (2).