Lot Essay
See lot 11 for the subject.
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WITH A SEAL SHIN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A FOUR-CASE INRO
With a seal Shin, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Brown-black lacquer ground; decoration in gold takamaki-e and togidashi-e with flesh-coloured pigment and takamaki-e of textured lacquer imitating bronze, with traces of gold lacquer; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
A mask for the No-drama role of Kiyohime, with the bell of the Dojoji temple on the reverse
3in. (7.5cm.) long
With a seal Shin, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Brown-black lacquer ground; decoration in gold takamaki-e and togidashi-e with flesh-coloured pigment and takamaki-e of textured lacquer imitating bronze, with traces of gold lacquer; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
A mask for the No-drama role of Kiyohime, with the bell of the Dojoji temple on the reverse
3in. (7.5cm.) long
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection
Literature
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson, pt. 1 (London, 1898), cat. no. 1010, pl. opposite p. 49
Special notice
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