Lot 156
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An Unusual Relief Picture of Nagasaki
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An Unusual Relief Picture of Nagasaki

EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY)

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An Unusual Relief Picture of Nagasaki
Edo Period (Early-Mid 19th Century)
Showing the quayside on the small fan-shaped island of Dejima, the Dutch factory in the foreground with figures in European dress and behind it the rest of the Dutch enclave with wooded hills in the background and to the side, the sea in the foreground rendered in painted plaster and angled forward inside the deep frame, the rest of the picture in painted plaster with textile, painted wood and other materials, age crack, glazed and with a black-lacquered frame decorated with typical 'Nagasaki'-style floral motifs, minor old damage to the frame and crack to panel
33 5/8 x 46 x 2 7/8in. (85.4 x 116.8 x 7.3cm.)
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Lot Essay

The materials from which this striking rendering of Dejima was made are similar to those used in Canton for the manufacture of miniature, fully three-dimensional, landscapes intended for export to the West, of which at least two examples are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is even possible that the present Lot might also be of Chinese manufacture, although it is certain that the frame was made in Japan.

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