View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2087. A Nanban-style lacquer domed casket, Momoyama period, late 16th – early 17th century | 草花蒔絵螺鈿洋櫃 桃山時代 16世紀後半~17世紀初頭.

A Nanban-style lacquer domed casket, Momoyama period, late 16th – early 17th century | 草花蒔絵螺鈿洋櫃 桃山時代 16世紀後半~17世紀初頭

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September 4, 06:00 AM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

the domed casket of kamaboko form with loop handle, chased and engraved copper-gilt lock plate and fittings, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlays of mother-of-pearl on a black lacquer ground, with profusion of mandarin orange (tachibana), bellflowers, morning glory and bush clover, the decoration of the cover and front divided into three panels separated by bands of geometric shell inlay, black lacquer interior, accompanied by a later fitted wood storage box

 

22.5 cm. wide 

Aki no isho kinsei ni miru shizen e no kansho [Autumn Motifs: Contemplation of Nature in the Early Modern Period], Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 1984, cat. no. 31. 

A similar example is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1956,0215.1, go to:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1956-0215-1


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《開館5周年記念 秋の意匠近世にみる自然への観照》,板橋区立美術館,東京,1984年,編號31

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