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MATSUDA GONROKU (1896-1986)
A lacquer natsume (tea container)
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989)
era, 20th century
Bearing a nashiji ground and decorated in
gold takamaki-e with large tsubaki (camellia)
blooms and details of inlaid gold and aogai,
the interior nashiji, signed Gonroku
2 7/8in (7.2cm) high

$1,500 - 2,000
Provenance
Previously sold, these Rooms, March 19,
2013, lot 2293
Bonhams, London, May 11, 2010, lot 285

For the career of this towering figure in the
world of twentieth-century lacquer, see the
recently published translation of his memoirs:
Michael Brase and Makiko Komada tr., The
Book of Urushi: Japanese Lacquerware from
a Master, Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry
Foundation for Culture, 2019
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AN UNUSUAL GOLD LACQUER
538 FUMIBAKO (BOX FOR LETTERS)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The rectangular box decorated in gold
hiramaki-e on a kinpun ground with omodaka
(water plantain) and bamboo sprays, the
interior tray fitted with an inkstone and silver
floral-form water dropper, with accompanying
knife housed in a lacquer case rendered
ensuite, all over a plain compartment
15 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2in (40 x 9.5 x 8.8cm)

$2,500 - 3,500

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