EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER LECTERN (KENDAI)
edo period (mid 19th century)
The slanted reading stand raised on two slender supports extending from the bracket feet, these connected above the foot by two horizontal supports enclosing a recessed panel, decorated overall in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and okibirame on a nashiji ground with flowering plums and young pines on the rocky banks of a stream, mounted with silver fittings incised with foliate scroll
23½in. (59.5cm.) high, 26¼in. (66.7cm.) wide
edo period (mid 19th century)
The slanted reading stand raised on two slender supports extending from the bracket feet, these connected above the foot by two horizontal supports enclosing a recessed panel, decorated overall in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and okibirame on a nashiji ground with flowering plums and young pines on the rocky banks of a stream, mounted with silver fittings incised with foliate scroll
23½in. (59.5cm.) high, 26¼in. (66.7cm.) wide