A Fine and Important Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box] with Rocks and Waves
ATTRIBUTED TO IGARASHI DOHO I (1643-1678), EDO PERIOD (MID-17TH CENTURY)
A Fine and Important Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box] with Rocks and Waves Attributed to Igarashi Doho I (1643-1678), Edo period (mid-17th century) The rectangular box with overhanging cover finely decorated in various lacquer techniques including gold and silver hiramaki-e , takamaki-e , rich kirikane and kinpun , and inlaid with nuggets of solid gold and silver as well as cut pieces of mother-of-pearl, with a large and elegantly-formed rock covered in leaves against a rich gyobu - nashiji ground, the interior similarly decorated with rocks amidst crashing waves beneath a cloudy sky, fundame rims, a square copper water dropper inlaid with a chrysanthemum, a slate inkstone inset into a removable inner tray, with fitted double wood storage boxes, the outer box signed by the leading industrialist and collector Matsunaga Jian, Jian kyujugo [Jian, aged 95] and with kakihan 25.6 x 23.6 x 4.5 cm.
A Fine and Important Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box] with Rocks and Waves
ATTRIBUTED TO IGARASHI DOHO I (1643-1678), EDO PERIOD (MID-17TH CENTURY)
A Fine and Important Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box] with Rocks and Waves Attributed to Igarashi Doho I (1643-1678), Edo period (mid-17th century) The rectangular box with overhanging cover finely decorated in various lacquer techniques including gold and silver hiramaki-e , takamaki-e , rich kirikane and kinpun , and inlaid with nuggets of solid gold and silver as well as cut pieces of mother-of-pearl, with a large and elegantly-formed rock covered in leaves against a rich gyobu - nashiji ground, the interior similarly decorated with rocks amidst crashing waves beneath a cloudy sky, fundame rims, a square copper water dropper inlaid with a chrysanthemum, a slate inkstone inset into a removable inner tray, with fitted double wood storage boxes, the outer box signed by the leading industrialist and collector Matsunaga Jian, Jian kyujugo [Jian, aged 95] and with kakihan 25.6 x 23.6 x 4.5 cm.
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