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60 A TWO-TIERED LACQUER TABLE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, NISHIMURA HIKOBEI
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e,
togidashi and kirikane on black ground, the top
desgiend with bamboo and chrysanthemum
by stream, the lower surface depicts
chrysanthemum and bamboo fence
14¿ x 23 x 10 in. (35.9 x 58.4 x 25.4 cm.)
With original wood box, the inner box sigend
Heian Zohiko saku (made by Heian Zohiko),
sealed Zohiko

$12,000-15,000

The Zohiko lineage dates from the time of the Kyoto
lacquer craftsman Nishimura Munetada (1720-1773),
who acquired the nickname "elephant boy" (Zohiko) for
his lacquer image of the deity Fugen (Samantabhadra)
on an elephant mount. This stand is possibly from the
workshop in the periods of the seventh-generation
Nishimura Hikobei. His nephew, the eighth generation,
received the gold medal for his work at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition of 1915.