MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY)

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A NANBAN LACQUER SHOKENDAI [LECTERN]
Momoyama Period (Late 16th/Early 17th Century)
Formed from two assembled and hinged planks of wood, covered in black lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e [low-relief] lacquer and shell inlay on the face of the bookrest with the sunburst and IHS emblem of the Society of Jesus within an ichimatsu [chequer] ground surrounded by a border of conventional Nanban karakusa, the reverse and the exterior of the foot with cherry and tachibana [orange] blossoms, fruit and foliage, copper gilt corner- and foot-fittings, extensive old damage and shell loss
13 5/8in. (34.8cm.) high

注意事项

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拍品专文

For further examples of this particular type of Nanban lacquer, made in Japan for use by the Jesuit clergy, see Kyoto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan [Kyoto National Museum], Maki-e, shikkoku to ogon no Nihonbi [The beauty of black and gold Japanese lacquer] (Kyoto, 1995), cat. nos. 139-140; Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Art Namban: Les Portugais au Japon/Nambankunst: Portugezen in Japan (Brussels, 1989), cat. nos. 35-42 and William Watson (ed.), The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period (London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1981), cat. no. 151. The shape and construction of these Japanese lecterns was almost certainly derived from Goanese carved wood originals although equally there is evidence to suggest that the form is based on an Islamic prototype. A number of them can be found in Portugal. An example is illustrated in Inventario Artistico de Portugal (Distrio de Santarem), Lisbon 1949 (pl. CXXXV) as is another carved wood and gilt example in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Purificacao, do Olival (pl. CLXXI)
Seven similar examples were sold in these Rooms, 22 November 1983, lot 122, 27 November 1984, lot 18, 19 November 1985, lot 30, 14 June 1989, lot 236, 23 November 1992, lot 380, 14 June 1993, lot 423 and 19 June 1997, lot 622.