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Auction archive: Lot number 74

JAPANESE IMPERIAL MILITARY LACQUERWARE.

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 74

JAPANESE IMPERIAL MILITARY LACQUERWARE.

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

[Japan: 1930-45] A Collection of red and black commemorative military lacquerware pieces, comprising 4 trays to carry sake cups, in both red and black, 5 plates with the same pattern, and 3 sets of 3 different sized bowls, 2 of these sets in their original wooden boxes; together with 4 miscellaneous red lacquer bowls. The lacquer wares produced for retiring and discharged military personnel, were part of the Japanese tradition of buying gifts for retired or discharged military, or even when a soldier came back for leave. The idea was to toast the recipient for hios military service and give him a memmento of his service. They were often sold by the large department stores in the major cities. The bowls were generally given in boxed sets of 3 different sizes.

Auction archive: Lot number 74
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

[Japan: 1930-45] A Collection of red and black commemorative military lacquerware pieces, comprising 4 trays to carry sake cups, in both red and black, 5 plates with the same pattern, and 3 sets of 3 different sized bowls, 2 of these sets in their original wooden boxes; together with 4 miscellaneous red lacquer bowls. The lacquer wares produced for retiring and discharged military personnel, were part of the Japanese tradition of buying gifts for retired or discharged military, or even when a soldier came back for leave. The idea was to toast the recipient for hios military service and give him a memmento of his service. They were often sold by the large department stores in the major cities. The bowls were generally given in boxed sets of 3 different sizes.

Auction archive: Lot number 74
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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