A SET OF THREE RED LACQUER SAKE CUPS AND A GILT AND BLACK LACQUER CEREMONIAL STAND
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A SET OF THREE RED LACQUER SAKE CUPS AND A GILT AND BLACK LACQUER CEREMONIAL STAND

JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF THREE RED LACQUER SAKE CUPS AND A GILT AND BLACK LACQUER CEREMONIAL STAND
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
In the Rinpa-style, the stand decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with geese in flight above pine trees on a gilt cloudy ground, the sides of the stand with prunus branches, the three graduated cups similarly decorated on a red lacquer
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, 6 ¼ in. (19.9 cm.) square, the stand; Japanese wood box
Provenance
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 3802.

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