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UNSIGNED, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (MID/LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A MODEL OF THE TAKARABUNE [TREASURE SHIP]
Unsigned, Edo/Meiji Period (Mid/Late 19th Century)
Of lacquered wood, the hull decorated in gold and aokin [mixed gold and silver powder] togidashi-e [polished-out] lacquer with a wood-grain effect, the gunwales gold nashiji [gold flakes suspended in clear lacquer], the rails red lacquer, the planks of the deck gold lacquer, the four supports of the central awning with floral designs, the canopy decorated with gold nashiji and the curtains of thin silvered metal sheet, the deck beneath the canopy finished in rattan, the canopy and gunwales also with aoi-mon [hollyhock crests] in gold hiramaki-e [low-relief lacquer], the removable prow in the form of a ho-o bird, the rudder and steering-post decorated in gold lacquer and gold flakes, the silver-lacquered stand modelled as waves, complete with a set of the Shichifukujin [Seven Gods of Good Fortune] comprising seven figures of bronze with coloured decoration, some with an indistinct stamped signature, slight old damage
24in. (61 cm.) long overall
Unsigned, Edo/Meiji Period (Mid/Late 19th Century)
Of lacquered wood, the hull decorated in gold and aokin [mixed gold and silver powder] togidashi-e [polished-out] lacquer with a wood-grain effect, the gunwales gold nashiji [gold flakes suspended in clear lacquer], the rails red lacquer, the planks of the deck gold lacquer, the four supports of the central awning with floral designs, the canopy decorated with gold nashiji and the curtains of thin silvered metal sheet, the deck beneath the canopy finished in rattan, the canopy and gunwales also with aoi-mon [hollyhock crests] in gold hiramaki-e [low-relief lacquer], the removable prow in the form of a ho-o bird, the rudder and steering-post decorated in gold lacquer and gold flakes, the silver-lacquered stand modelled as waves, complete with a set of the Shichifukujin [Seven Gods of Good Fortune] comprising seven figures of bronze with coloured decoration, some with an indistinct stamped signature, slight old damage
24in. (61 cm.) long overall
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