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Momoyama period (late 16th – early 17th century)
Details
A Lacquer Cabinet of Rare Form Commissioned by the Portuguese
Momoyama period (late 16th – early 17th century)
Of rectangular form with side-hinged door rather than drop-front, opening to reveal twelve various-sized drawers, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground, the door with a roundel depicting two tigers amongst bamboo and kikyo [Chinese bellflowers], the top with a roundel depicting a landscape with two figures on a bridge beneath tachibana and autumn grasses, a boat on a water, one side with kikyo and the other with tachibana, all against scattered shell inlays, the back and interior of the door with vine, the drawers decorated with various flowers, trees and birds, all bordered with shippo-hanabishi and geometric bands, gilt copper fittings engraved with stylised flowers and foliage
40.3 x 47.8 x 42.7 cm.
Momoyama period (late 16th – early 17th century)
Of rectangular form with side-hinged door rather than drop-front, opening to reveal twelve various-sized drawers, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground, the door with a roundel depicting two tigers amongst bamboo and kikyo [Chinese bellflowers], the top with a roundel depicting a landscape with two figures on a bridge beneath tachibana and autumn grasses, a boat on a water, one side with kikyo and the other with tachibana, all against scattered shell inlays, the back and interior of the door with vine, the drawers decorated with various flowers, trees and birds, all bordered with shippo-hanabishi and geometric bands, gilt copper fittings engraved with stylised flowers and foliage
40.3 x 47.8 x 42.7 cm.
Provenance
A lady of title
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