A Small Export Lacquer Coffer

MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

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A Small Export Lacquer Coffer
Momoyama period (16th-17th century)
Rectangular, with a hinged and domed cover and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid shell on a black-lacquer ground with rectangular panels of mandarin orange trees, camellias and paulownia, each panel enclosed by borders of gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl chevrons, the interior lacquered black; fitted with gilt-copper hardware comprising hinges and lock plate engraved with floral scroll and the hasp with a cherry blossom, the handle with chrysanthemum-head bosses
8 7/8 x 6 x 5¼ in. (22.5 x 5.3 x 13.3cm.)

Lot Essay

For other small export lacquer coffers see, Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art (New York: Weatherhill, 1972), p. 229, no. 164; Pedro Canavarro, coordinator, Art namban, les Portugais au Japon Nambankunst Portugezen in Japan, exh. cat. (Brussels: Fondation Europalia International, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire Koninklijke Musea voor kunst en Geschiedenis, 1989), no. 57.

Two similar small export lacquer coffers sold in these Rooms 22 April, 1992, lot 303 and 1 November, 1996, lot 264.

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