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PROPERTY FROM THE DRS. EDMUND J. AND JULIE LEWIS COLLECTION LOTS 107-118
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A RARE INKSTONE CASE,
MUROMACHI PERIOD, 15TH - 16TH
CENTURY
根来塗硯箱、室町時代、15 – 16世紀
the circular inkstone box with tray for a brush and a flush
fitting cover, decorated in negoro style, the red lacquer, worn
away in places, revealing the black lacquer beneath
24 cm, 9½ in. wide
LITERATURE
Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis View of the Pinnacle,
Japanese Lacquer writing boxes (Hawai 2011), no.2, pp. 4-5
Negoro inkstone cases are rare and Kawada only publishes
two, see Kawada Sadamu, Negoro nuri: Nihon no Bijitsu (Kyoto,
1985), pp. 395 - 396
‡ £ 4,000-6,000
€ 4,550-6,800 US$ 5,300-7,900
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