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Auction archive: Lot number 503

A gold-lacquer table cabinet (Kodansu)

Estimate
US$18,000 - US$22,000
Price realised:
US$25,000
Auction archive: Lot number 503

A gold-lacquer table cabinet (Kodansu)

Estimate
US$18,000 - US$22,000
Price realised:
US$25,000
Beschreibung:

A gold-lacquer table cabinet ( Kodansu )
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A gold-lacquer table cabinet ( Kodansu ) Edo period (19th century) Lavishly lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, nashiji and okibirame , designed with motifs from the chapter Hatsune ("The First Warbler") from the early eleventh-century novel The Tale of Genji showing the veranda of the Rokujo mansion surrounded by a lush garden and pond, the two characters for the word Hatsune , the first word of a poem about the New Year, embedded into the imagery in gilt metal in ashide-e (reed-picture) technique, the interiors of the hinged doors and the faces of the five drawers with scenery of Uji Bridge with willows and rock-filled bamboo baskets; elaborately fitted with incised silver mounts 6 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 9½in. (16.8 x 27 x 24.1cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 503
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
18 March 2014, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A gold-lacquer table cabinet ( Kodansu )
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A gold-lacquer table cabinet ( Kodansu ) Edo period (19th century) Lavishly lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, nashiji and okibirame , designed with motifs from the chapter Hatsune ("The First Warbler") from the early eleventh-century novel The Tale of Genji showing the veranda of the Rokujo mansion surrounded by a lush garden and pond, the two characters for the word Hatsune , the first word of a poem about the New Year, embedded into the imagery in gilt metal in ashide-e (reed-picture) technique, the interiors of the hinged doors and the faces of the five drawers with scenery of Uji Bridge with willows and rock-filled bamboo baskets; elaborately fitted with incised silver mounts 6 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 9½in. (16.8 x 27 x 24.1cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 503
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
18 March 2014, New York, Rockefeller Center
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