Lot Essay
The oi and climbing ivy is a reference to the Tsuta no Hosomichi from the Ise Monogatari.
18TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO
18th Century
Unusually formed as a curved oi [a pannier for a Buddhist trainer to carry items], the upper section with four drawers and the lower section with a drawer containing a slate and a bronze suiteki, decorated in gold and silver hiramakie on a nashiji ground, inlaid with aogai, gold, and silver heidatsu with ivy, flowers, bamboo, peony and plum, lead kanagu, (slight old wear and restoration)
24.5 x 16 x 15cm.
18th Century
Unusually formed as a curved oi [a pannier for a Buddhist trainer to carry items], the upper section with four drawers and the lower section with a drawer containing a slate and a bronze suiteki, decorated in gold and silver hiramakie on a nashiji ground, inlaid with aogai, gold, and silver heidatsu with ivy, flowers, bamboo, peony and plum, lead kanagu, (slight old wear and restoration)
24.5 x 16 x 15cm.
Provenance
Haniel Collection, Dusseldorf
Paul Vautier, Tokyo
Paul Vautier, Tokyo
Literature
See von Rague, B; "Materialen zu Iizuka, Tokyo, Seinem Werk und Seiner Schule" in Oriens Extremus 11th year" Vol.2, December 1964, Wiesbaden.