Bidspirit auction | Shogi table/board with forty pieces

Shogi table/board with forty pieces in ”Tomobako” box - brown lacquered wood with golden decoration “Sagitarias” carved “Kuchinashi (gardenia)” legs, wooden pieces with painted characters Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) missing two pieces replaced by two different pieces, minor faults on the lacquer Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (mesa) 11,5 x 18 x 19,5 cm; (caixa) 4 x 5,5 x 5 cm; (peças) 1,8 cm Notes: vd. catalogue of the exhibition ”Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente”. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2022, pp. 118, 158 e 189, nºs 60, 158 e fig. 8. Similar pieces can be found at the Metropolitan Museum, New York - Pfeiffer Collection.