Details
A Lacquer Hiire [Incense Ash Container]
Momoyama - Edo period (late 16th - early 17th century)
The oviform container with everted neck and three scalloped low feet, with nashiji ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, harigaki and kakiwari, gold and silver kirikane and mother-of-pearl inlay, depicting the Uji bridge disappearing into clouds, a willow tree, rocks, tachibana [citrus], omodaka [arrow-head], and a stream with waterwheels and jakago (basketwork cages to prevent erosion), the interior lined with copper, with a silk pouch
7.5 x 9.3 cm.
Literature
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 64
Barry Davies Oriental Art, Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin, The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, (London, 2002), p. 94-95, cat. no. 33
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