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LACQUER AND OTHER INLAID LACQUER WORKS OF ART
(Lots 74-92)
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TWO AINU TAMASAY (NECKLACES) SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A Lacquered and Rattan-Textured Kashibako (Confectionery Box)
The longer necklace made of black, white, yellow, green and Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880-1891
transparent beads of different sizes strung on a cotton cord, attached The exterior, underside, and interior of the box lacquered and finished
to an iron medallion moulded in the centre with a large chrysanthemum to resemble woven bamboo and decorated in iro-e takamaki-e with
flower, applied with a loose ring incorporating two loose short chains, two aubergines on the sides, the design of the larger aubergine
55cm (21 5/8in) long; the second necklace strung with smaller black continuing down onto the underside, the cover covered with black-
and blue glass beads, a large silvered-metal loop on either side and lacquered hemp to simulate cloth, signed inside the lid in gold lacquer
a pierced brass medallion, also moulded with a flower, 45.5cm (17 Zeshin; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside the lid,
15/16in) long; each with a plain wood storage box. (4). Zeshin-o saku, nasu maki-e kashiki (Maki-e confectionary box with
aubergine design made by the venerable Zeshin), the inside of the lid
£3,500 - 4,000 with an inscription by Shoji Hoshin, Zeshin’s grandson, attesting this
JPY680,000 - 780,000 box as a work by Zeshin, dated summer, Showa 51 (1976), signed
US$4,600 - 5,200 Shoji Hoshin kan (Examined by Shoji Hoshin) with seal Hoshin.
6.5cm x 16cm x 9.5cm (2½in x 6¼in x 3¾in). (3).
Published and illustrated:
The Foundation for Ainu Culture ed., Ainu Collections in Tohoku, £5,000 - 6,000
Northeastern Honshu, Japan, exhibition catalogue, Obihiro, Obihiro JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
Centennial City Museum, 2014, pp.45-46, pl.42, 45. US$6,500 - 7,900
Ainu women wore these necklaces during ceremonies or on formal A similarly lacquered aubergine design on an incense container by
occasions. Blue glass beads and brocade robes were two Chinese Zeshin, is published and illustrated by the Miho Museum, Maki-e
products particularly desired by the Ainu. They were obtained through hyakka ryoran: Edo jidai no meiko to sono keifu (The Maki-e Masters:
trade with Siberian neighbours. Their Edo-Period Flowering), exhibition catalogue, Koka, Shiga Pref.,
Miho Museum, 2023, p.111, no.135.

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