Lot Essay
Similar flask sold in Aesthetic Intuition: Collecting Japanese Art in Post-War London, Christie's London, 11th November 2015
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MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH – EARLY 17TH CENTURY)
Details
A NEGORO SAKE FLASK
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH – EARLY 17TH CENTURY)
Of assembled wood in the form of a circular drum with a short neck and on bracket feet, both circular panels decorated in gold and red lacquer on a black ground, one panel with autumn flowers issuing from banded hedges amongst clouds, the other panel similarly decorated with peonies, the sides with traces of gilt, the spout with ring in the form of a chrysanthemum and decorated in black and red lacquer, the foot edges in red lacquer, with a 20th century fitted wood storage box
21.7cm. high
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH – EARLY 17TH CENTURY)
Of assembled wood in the form of a circular drum with a short neck and on bracket feet, both circular panels decorated in gold and red lacquer on a black ground, one panel with autumn flowers issuing from banded hedges amongst clouds, the other panel similarly decorated with peonies, the sides with traces of gilt, the spout with ring in the form of a chrysanthemum and decorated in black and red lacquer, the foot edges in red lacquer, with a 20th century fitted wood storage box
21.7cm. high
Provenance
Chokai Seiji (1902-1972)
Chokai Seiji was a pioneer of postwar Western-style painting in Japan. He was known as a Fauvist-influenced landscape painter who often used sand and pebbles in his works. His first solo exhibition was in 1951 at the Tokyo Gallery in Ginza.
Chokai Seiji was a pioneer of postwar Western-style painting in Japan. He was known as a Fauvist-influenced landscape painter who often used sand and pebbles in his works. His first solo exhibition was in 1951 at the Tokyo Gallery in Ginza.
Literature
Itabashi City Museum, Sake no utsuwa: yakimono, urushi, garasu [Vessels for Sake – Ceramics, Lacquer and Glass Ware], (Tokyo, 1986), p. 48, no. 68
Exhibited
Sake no utsuwa: yakimono, urushi, garasu [Vessels for Sake – Ceramics, Lacquer and Glass Ware], Itabashi City Museum, 17 May – 15 June 1986
Sake no utsuwa [Vessels for Sake], Uji City History Museum, 13 January – 1 February 1998, no. 10
Sake no utsuwa [Vessels for Sake], Uji City History Museum, 13 January – 1 February 1998, no. 10
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