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A NEGORO RED- AND BLACK-LACQUER HEISHI A NEGORO RED- AND BLACK-LACQUER HEISHI
(RITUAL SAKE BOTTLE) (RITUAL SAKE BOTTLE)
Muromachi (1333-1573) or Momoyama (1573-1615) period, Muromachi (1333-1573) or Momoyama (1573-1615) period,
16th century 16th century
A turned-wood heishi (ritual sake bottle) of standard Negoro-lacquer A turned-wood heishi of standard Negoro-lacquer form, painted in red
form, painted in red lacquer on a black-lacquer ground with two lacquer on a black-lacquer ground which shows through in places;
cranes, pine and bamboo, and with smaller plants around the foot; with a wooden storage box. 30.6cm (12in) high,
with a wooden storage box with inscriptions. 41.5cm (16¼in) high, internal cavity: 15.5cm (6 1/8in) deep. (2).
internal cavity 20.7cm (8¼in) deep. (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
£3,000 - 4,000 JPY1,500,000 - 2,300,000
JPY450,000 - 600,000 US$14,000 - 21,000
US$4,200 - 5,700
For a similar example, compare Miho Museum, Shu-urushi ‘Negoro’
A similar example (possibly the pair to the present lot): Tokyo Bijutsu chusei ni saita hana (Negoro: Efflorescence of Medieval Japanese
Kurabu (Tokyo Art Club) Yamamura Koka gahaku shozohin nyusatsu Lacquerware), exhibition catalogue, 1 September-15 December 2013,
(Auction catalogue of the collection of the painter Yamamura Koka), cat. no.009.
17 December 1940, lot 110.

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