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Auction archive: Lot number 168

An unusual gold-lacquer tsuzumibako (drum box) and cover

Fine Japanese Art
17 May 2018
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,702 - US$4,053
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 168

An unusual gold-lacquer tsuzumibako (drum box) and cover

Fine Japanese Art
17 May 2018
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,702 - US$4,053
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1920-1940 Of almost cylindrical form but with a flat base, the top and bottom of the exterior decorated with gold lacquer applied over a loosely woven fabric, the central section with a band of stylized floral and leaf ornament in gold lacquer and fine gold hirame , scattered with syllables from a poem in pewter and shell, the rims and cord fittings silver, the interior of the lid gold hirame on a black-lacquer ground with further syllables in gold hiramaki-e , the base dull gold lacquer, unsigned ; with lacquered-wood tomobako storage box inscribed in gold hiramaki-e and lined in silk with a pattern of roundels. 23.5cm x 30cm x 24.4cm (9¼in x 11¾in x 9 5/8in). (3).

Auction archive: Lot number 168
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1920-1940 Of almost cylindrical form but with a flat base, the top and bottom of the exterior decorated with gold lacquer applied over a loosely woven fabric, the central section with a band of stylized floral and leaf ornament in gold lacquer and fine gold hirame , scattered with syllables from a poem in pewter and shell, the rims and cord fittings silver, the interior of the lid gold hirame on a black-lacquer ground with further syllables in gold hiramaki-e , the base dull gold lacquer, unsigned ; with lacquered-wood tomobako storage box inscribed in gold hiramaki-e and lined in silk with a pattern of roundels. 23.5cm x 30cm x 24.4cm (9¼in x 11¾in x 9 5/8in). (3).

Auction archive: Lot number 168
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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