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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE LACQUER
SAKAZUKI (SAKE CUP)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The circular cup set on a splayed foot and
decorated in iro-e takamaki-e, togidashi
maki-e and kinji with highlights of gyobu-
nashi and aogai on a red-lacquer ground with
Daikoku’s mallet, the underside decorated
with a large sea bream and a courtier’s cap
3 1/4in (8.2cm) diameter, 2 3/16in (5.5cm)
high

$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance
Purchased from Orientations Gallery, Miami,
1987

Published
Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows
and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art
from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at
the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu
Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no.63

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A BLACK-LACQUER BOX AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Rectangular and decorated in iro-e
takamaki-e with seven kinko tsuba and two
kozuka of various designs on a roiro-nuri
ground, the edges fundame and the interior
silver hirame on a roiro-nuri ground
9 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 4 15/16in (24 x 19.5 x
12.5cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Previously sold Sotheby’s, London, May 25,
1989, lot 2303

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