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SHISENDO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1880-1900)
A fine lacquer suzuribako (writing box)
Meiji (1869-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The small square box decorated on the cover in gold takamaki-e and
kirikane with egrets on a roiro-nuri ground with highlights of nashiji,
the interior decorated in gold hiramaki-e with Rinpa-style waves on a
matte gold ground sprinkled with hirame, fitted with an inkstone with
fundame edges and a silver and copper waterdropper formed as a
banana leaf with a snail, the rims silver
With a wood tomobako storage box signed Naniwa maki-e dokoro
Shisendo sei (Made by Shisendo of the Naniwa [Osaka] lacquer
studio) and sealed by the artist, and titled Korin suikaku maki-e
suzuribako (Lacquer writing box with Korin waves)
2 x 6 3/4 x 1 1/2in (17.8 x 17.1 x 3.8cm)
US$3,000 - 4,000

Exhibited
“Simplicity and Surprise: The Utilitarian Beauty of Japanese
Lacquer,” The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, September
2115 1--December 14, 2013

2115
YOSHIHIDE (ACTIVE 20TH CENTURY)
A lacquer tebako (accessory box)
Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Rectangular with rounded corners and decorated peaches in
dense clusters of leaves in a variety of colored lacquers executed
in togidashi maki-e with some areas raised in moriage, signed
Yoshihide saku
12 x 10 x 6 5/8in (30.4 x 25.4 x16.8cm)

US$2,000 - 3,000

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