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MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Lacquer Picnic Set (Sage Jubako)
Meiji period (19th century)
Lacquered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane against a roiro-nuri ground and comprising: a red lacquer sake cup with Daikoku on a sake cask and Hotei's treasure sack and holding a tray, signed on the bottom Shojosai; a quatrefoil tray set on four feet and designed with an owl on a branch of persimmon, with red lacquer rim highlighted by gold lacquer scroll; a four-tier cylindrical food box with bands of scroll, waves, flower heads, keyfrets and geometric patterns on the sides of the tiers and the cover with a circular panel of tight floral scroll encircled by scrolling vines; a two-tier lobed food box decorated to match the other food box, the cover with a two-stage lobed medallion lacquered with cherry blossoms on a lozenge-pattern ground and a coiled dragon surrounded by a nashiji band and scrolling vines; a lobed covered box decorated with plants by a stream on the cover and sides, edges nashiji; contained in a frame pierce-carved on the uprights, the top lacquered with a plum tree; edges nashiji; box interiors red or black lacquer; metal handle carved with scrolling vines
12 3/8 x 13 x 6 3/8in. (31.4 x 33 x 16.2cm.)
Meiji period (19th century)
Lacquered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane against a roiro-nuri ground and comprising: a red lacquer sake cup with Daikoku on a sake cask and Hotei's treasure sack and holding a tray, signed on the bottom Shojosai; a quatrefoil tray set on four feet and designed with an owl on a branch of persimmon, with red lacquer rim highlighted by gold lacquer scroll; a four-tier cylindrical food box with bands of scroll, waves, flower heads, keyfrets and geometric patterns on the sides of the tiers and the cover with a circular panel of tight floral scroll encircled by scrolling vines; a two-tier lobed food box decorated to match the other food box, the cover with a two-stage lobed medallion lacquered with cherry blossoms on a lozenge-pattern ground and a coiled dragon surrounded by a nashiji band and scrolling vines; a lobed covered box decorated with plants by a stream on the cover and sides, edges nashiji; contained in a frame pierce-carved on the uprights, the top lacquered with a plum tree; edges nashiji; box interiors red or black lacquer; metal handle carved with scrolling vines
12 3/8 x 13 x 6 3/8in. (31.4 x 33 x 16.2cm.)
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.