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A GOLD-LACQUER SAGEJUBAKO (PORTABLE PICNIC SET)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
mid-late 19th century
Comprising a rectangular frame fitted with a silver handle and with an
open fitted shelf towards the top, the frame containing a rectangular
four-tiered box and lid, lacquered on the exterior with bands of
geometric, lozenge, hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond) and floral motifs
between nashiji, the cover with a pair of mandarin ducks perched on
a rocks in a winding stream, the stepped bottom shelf supporting
a gold-lacquer rounded rectangular sake ewer embellished in gold
takamaki-e with bamboo stems around the sides and a sprig of
chrysanthemums on the top surface, resting above an open area
containing ten red-lacquer rectangular trays, each decorated in gold
takamaki-e with five sprays of yukizasa (Maianthemum japonicum), the
upper shelf of the frame supporting one square tray lacquered with
a group of karako (Chinese boys) chasing insects in a garden and a
second deep rectangular tray depicting a flock of plovers flying over a
boat moored beside wind-swept reeds, the sides of the frame in the
form of bamboo stalks, the decoration of the top of the frame with a
large carp leaping above turbulent waters, unsigned; with a lacquered
wooden storage box, titled Take no moyo tesage bento (Portable
picnic box with bamboo design), the interior of the lid with an old
Japanese collector’s label.
Overall: 29.8cm x 29.2cm x 17.5cm (11¾in x 11½in x 6 7/8in). (21).

£3,000 - 5,000
JPY450,000 - 740,000
US$4,000 - 6,600
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Provenance
According to the owners, this was a gift bestowed by the Dowager
Empress of Japan on their grandmother and mother (who was a friend
of Prince Chichibu at Cambridge) when they visited Japan and were
presented at the Imperial court in 1926.

69 *
A CIRCULAR RED-LACQUER PANEL
By Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Decorated with a flowering stalk of tsubabuki (Farfugium japonicum)
in gold takamaki-e with details of tetsusabinuri texture over a polished
red-lacquer ground, signed in gold lacquer Ikeda Taishin saku, resting
on a separate elaborate pierced wood stand; with a wooden storage
box. The panel: 18.4cm x 18.5cm (7¼in x 7¼in); the wood stand:
8.3cm x 13.5cm (3¼in x 5 5/8in). (3).
£1,500 - 1,800
JPY220,000 - 270,000
US$2,000 - 2,400
70 *
A GOLD-LACQUER GOURD-SHAPED VESSEL AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with an all-over design of
trailing vine with flowering buds, the underside and interior of rich
nashji; unsigned; with a lacquered wooden storage box. 70
9cm (3½in) high. (3).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,600 - 4,000

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