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ZOHIKO VII (NISHIMURA ZOFUKU,
ACTIVE CIRCA 1900)
A lacquer jokobon (tray for incense)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The rectangular tray with lobed corners and
set on bracket feet, the surface decorated
with chrysanthemums blossoming behind a
1236 woven bamboo fence, all in two shades of
gold and red takamaki-e with highlights of
kirikane, hirame, and mura-nashiji against
a roiro-nuri ground, the underside nashiji,
applied with a silver rim
With a wood tomobako storage box incribed
Magaki kiku maki-e jokobon (Incense tray
with chrysanthemums and fence) and signed
on the underside of the lid Nanase Heian
Zohiko kore o tsukuru (Made by Zohiko VII)
and sealed Zohiko
10 3/4 x 14 3/4in (27.5 x 37.5cm)

US$1,200 - 1,800
1237
A LACQUER SAGEJUBAKO (PICNIC SET)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th century
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e and accents
of mura-nashiji with characters from a poem
and clouds against a roiro-nuri ground,
the carrying case modeled to resemble
bamboo slats, the set comprising: a
rectangular sake flask and fitted sweet tray
and a single sakazuki (sake cup), a deeper
rectangular sake flask fitted beneath 11
stacking rectangular food trays, and a five-
1237 tier stacking jubako, the carrying case with a
shallow removable drawer, red interiors and
fundame edges, silvered bronze hardware
13 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/8in (35.2 x 36.2 x
20.6cm) (carrying case)

US$4,000 - 6,000

Provenance
Mactaggart collection

1237 (set opened)

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