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1331 A LACQUER WRITING BOX AND COVER
(SUZURIBAKO)
JAPAN, EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD,
18TH-19TH CENTURY

Decorated in the tsuikin technique against a
red lacquer ground with fgures in a Chinese
landscape, ftted inner tray with ink slate and
engraved silvered-copper water dropper
7æ in. (19.8 cm.) high; 10º in. (26 cm.) wide;
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) deep; Japanese wood box
$1,500-2,000
PROVENANCE
Klaus F. Naumann, East Asian Art, Tokyo, 1992.
The Irving Collection, no. 3825.
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1332 A CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME LACQUER INCENSE
BOX AND COVER
JAPAN, SIGNED TESSAI [KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)], LATE EDO/MEIJI
PERIOD, CIRCA 1860-75

After the porcelain box by Kenzan dated 1860, carved with the mask of Ryo-o,
decorated in various lacquers, signed Tessai sei to base
3¿ in. (7.9 cm.) long; with original Japanese wood box signed by artist
$800-1,200
PROVENANCE
Eskenazi, London, 1989.
The Irving Collection, no. 2867.
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1333 A SET OF THREE RED LACQUER
SAKE CUPS AND A GILT AND BLACK
LACQUER CEREMONIAL STAND
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

In the Rinpa-style, the stand decorated in
hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with geese in fight
above pine trees on a gilt cloudy ground, the
sides of the stand with prunus branches, the
three graduated cups similarly decorated on
a red lacquer
5º in. (13.3 cm.) high, 6º in. (19.9 cm.) square,
the stand; Japanese wood box (4)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 3802.

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