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A GOLD-LACQUER CHABAKO A LARGE BLACK-LACQUER LOBED OCTAGONAL KASHIBAKO
(BOX FOR TEA-CEREMONY UTENSILS) (CEREMONIAL FOOD CONTAINER) AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century By Kimura Hyosai, Taisho (1912-1926)
Of standard form, with inrobuta (flush-fitting lid), finished in black or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century
roiro lacquer almost entirely covered by a kikkomon (hexagonal Finely lacquered in gold and iro-e takamakie-e, hiramaki-e and e-nashiji
‘tortoiseshell’ pattern) in gold hiramaki-e lacquer, each hexagon with swirling squares of brocade enclosing assorted foliate and
decorated either in gold hiramaki-e or hirame overlaid with a gold floral geometric motifs on the lustrous black-lacquer ground, the design
motif in gold hiramaki-e, the lid and part of one side with a koto and extending over the sides, the inside of the box and lid red-lacquered
folded kimono in similar techniques, the interior and base fine gold with kasumi (hazy mist) partly obscured by bands of clouds rendered in
nashiji; with a wood storage box. gold togidashi maki-e, with a removable integral tray embellished with
10.9cm x 18cm x 12.7cm (4¼in x 7 1/8in x 5in). (3). an identical design, the underside of the box signed in gold lacquer
Hyosai tsukuru (Made by Hyosai); with a wood tomobako inscribed
£2,000 - 3,000 inside the cover Makuro-nuri retsumoyo uchigasumi maki-e jikiro
JPY260,000 - 400,000 (Black lacquered maki-e ceremonial food container with designs of
US$2,500 - 3,700 brocade outside and mist inside) and signed Shissho Hyosai (Lacquer
Craftsman Hyosai) and sealed Hyosai.
21.5cm x 31.5cm (8½in x 12 3/8in). (4).
£3,000 - 4,000
JPY400,000 - 530,000
US$3,700 - 4,900

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