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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
A LACQUER POEM CARD BOX (FUBAKO)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
Details
A LACQUER POEM CARD BOX (FUBAKO)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
The rectangular box finely decorated in polychrome takamaki-e with itomari ball and pine needles on bamboo lid, exterior of box in shitan-nuri (imitation of zitan wood) with stimulated crack and repair, interior of box in dark olive ishime-nuri (imitation of stone); signed to interior of lid
8 3/8 x 2 x 3/4 in. (21.3 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm.)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
The rectangular box finely decorated in polychrome takamaki-e with itomari ball and pine needles on bamboo lid, exterior of box in shitan-nuri (imitation of zitan wood) with stimulated crack and repair, interior of box in dark olive ishime-nuri (imitation of stone); signed to interior of lid
8 3/8 x 2 x 3/4 in. (21.3 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm.)
Provenance
F.A. Richards Collection
Sotheby's London, 1964
Edward Wrangham Collection
Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 376
Sotheby's London, 1964
Edward Wrangham Collection
Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 376
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department