MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A NAGASAKI LACQUER ESCRITOIRE
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Of black lacquered wood with inlay of underpainted shell, consisting of a shallow vertical cabinet with a drop front containing a rack for holding correspondence, the cabinet supported on two legs with transverse legs connected by a stretcher
115cm. high

Lot Essay

For another example of this type of writing desk, but with some decoration in maki-e see Hidaka Kaoru, Umi o Watatta Nihon Shikki II [Japanese export lacquer II], Nihon No bijutsu 427 (December 2001), pl. 108, in Nagasaki Prefectural Museum; pl. 109 in the same work (see illustration) a design book dated 1878 with a sketch of a similar piece.
See also Oliver Impey, 'Sasaya Kisuke, Kyoto "Nagasaki" Lacquer and the woodworker Kiyotomo', Oriental Art, vol. XLIV no. 2 (Summer 1998), pp. 28-32.

A similar example sold in these rooms Japanese Art and Design, Wednesday 18th June, 2003, lot 155.

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