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Fine Japanese Namban Lacquer Jewelry Casket, 17th Century
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Japanese Namban lacquer transition-style coffer with two drawers
Kyoto/Nagasaki, circa 1650
The cartouches with gilt and red decorations of leaves, ferns, grasses, raised silver flowers and a hare, on a wood grain, mokume, ground, with engraved red copper mounts, on hinoki (cypress) wood base.
Measures: L 38.8 x W 15.6 x H 21.3 cm
A similar, larger, mokume ground coffer, signed Saji Kichibei fude is in the collection of the Groninger Museum (inv. 1988-24). ‘Kisibe’ is mentioned (‘the best craftsman’) in VOC-documents of 1653 (Japanese Export Lacquer, 1580- 1850, Oliver Impey & Christiaan Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2005, pp. 32-33). The woodgrain, mokume, background is very unusual.
- Dimensions:Height: 8.39 in (21.3 cm)Width: 15.28 in (38.8 cm)Depth: 6.15 in (15.6 cm)
- Style:Edo (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Cypress,Lacquered
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1650
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. In original condition.
- Seller Location:Amsterdam, NL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5458222106542
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