拍品 39
39
An Iron-Mounted Zelkova Wood Chest

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

细节
An Iron-Mounted Zelkova Wood Chest
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Sado Island clothing chest, zelkova with cryptomaria back and paulownia drawer interiors; kijiro finish over benigara stain on face, wiped lacquer on top and sides, fitted with pierced cloud-shaped mounts; handles on sides
34½in. (87.6cm.) high, 44in. (112cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
出版
Ty and Kyoko Heineken, Tansu (New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1981), no. 135.

拍品专文

Craftsmen of the town of Ogi on Sadao Island in the Japan Sea, thirty kilometers off the coast of Niigata prefecture, created chests for merchants and for trousseau. Originally the Ogi chests were quite plain but increased prosperity stimulated the use of zelkova burl for the face wood and cut decoration in the hardware