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The Mike and Hiroko Dean Collection
A Lacquer Chabako [Tea Ceremony Utensils Box]
Muromachi period (16th century)
Details
A Lacquer Chabako [Tea Ceremony Utensils Box]
Muromachi period (16th century)
With a flush-fitting, slightly domed cover, the black lacquer ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e [low relief lacquer], kakiwari [design left in reserve to reveal underlying lacquer] and suzu [tin] inlay, depicting sprays of nadeshiko [wild pinks], two gilt copper ring-fittings with kiri mon [paulownia crests], the interior black lacquer, fundame rims
13.5 x 20.5 x 12.2cm.
Muromachi period (16th century)
With a flush-fitting, slightly domed cover, the black lacquer ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e [low relief lacquer], kakiwari [design left in reserve to reveal underlying lacquer] and suzu [tin] inlay, depicting sprays of nadeshiko [wild pinks], two gilt copper ring-fittings with kiri mon [paulownia crests], the interior black lacquer, fundame rims
13.5 x 20.5 x 12.2cm.
Literature
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki, Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 17
Barry Davies Oriental Art, Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin, The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, (London, 2002), p. 134-135, no. 47
Barry Davies Oriental Art, Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin, The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, (London, 2002), p. 134-135, no. 47
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