Fine Japanese Art

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A FINE GOLD LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX] DECORATED WITH OVERLAPPING FANS, SIGNED JOKASAI, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

November 5, 04:06 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

THE PROPERTY OF A LONDON COLLECTOR

A FINE GOLD LACQUER TEBAKO [ACCESSORY BOX] DECORATED WITH OVERLAPPING FANS, SIGNED JOKASAI, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY


the rectangular box with flush-fitting cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, hirame with fans depicting Japanese gardens, landscapes and flowers of the four seasons on a gyobu-hirame ground, the interior in dense nashiji

16 x 23 x 28.8 cm., 6⅓ x 9⅛ x 11⅓ in.

For details of Jokasai see E. A. Wrangham, The Index of of Inro Artists, (Northumberland, 1995), pp. 98-99.