EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY)

細節

A Richly Decorated 'Nagasaki' Lacquer Escritoire
Edo Period (Early-Mid 19th Century)
Of black-lacquered wood with inlay of underpainted shell, consisting of a shallow vertical cabinet with a drop front containing a rack for holding correspondence, the cabinet supported on two legs with transverse legs connected by a stretcher, the exceptionally elaborate decoration depicting a variety of bird and flower motifs including Chinese pheasants with chrysanthemums and other blooms, the elaborate metal mounts engraved with further floral designs, some damage
45 x 24 x 19in. (115 x 62 x 49 cm.)

注意事項

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拍品專文

For another example of this type of writing desk, but with some decoration in maki-e see Hidaka Kaoru, Umi o watatta Nihon shikki II [Japanese export lacquer II], Nihon no bijutsu 427 (December 2001), pl. 108, in Nagasaki Prefectural Museum; pl. 109 in the same work (see illustration) reproduces a design book dated 1878 with a sketch of a similar piece. See also Oliver Impey, 'Sasaya Kisuke, Kyoto "Nagasaki" Lacquer and the woodworker Kiyotomo', Oriental Art, vol. XLIV no. 2 (Summer 1998), pp. 28-32.