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A LACQUER TRAY
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
花尽流水蒔絵盆
江戸時代(19世紀)
Of irregular form with upturned rim, decorated in gold, black and silver hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, cut gold foil, kinpun and hirame on a black ground with a magnifcently
detailed and dense profusion of fowers and foliage beside swelling waters,
including tiger lily, peony, chrysanthemums, wild pinks and autumn grasses, the
reverse in sparse nashiji on a black ground, fundame rims
25.1cm. wide
£3,000-5,000 $5,100-8,400
€3,700-6,100
PROVENANCE:
Spink and Son Ltd., London
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