Lot Essay
For similar examples for this style of lacquer see Tokyo National Art Museum, Special Exhibition, Oriental Lacquer Arts (Tokyo, 1997), no. 333-335.
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EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
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A MITSUA-E BON [TRAY DECORATED IN OIL AND LITHARGE PAINTING]
Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
Of square form with scalloped corners and red lacquer ground, decorated in mitsuda-e technique of oil and litharge painting in white, ochre, black, brown and red depicting seven children making a snowball beneath a tree, one levering it with a pole while the others pushing it in the opposite direction, two children engaging in a snowball fight, the border with scrolling foliage, the reverse black lacquer ground with four low scalloped bracket feet, restoration to one edge
1 x 13 x 13in. (2.6 x 33 x 33cm.)
Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
Of square form with scalloped corners and red lacquer ground, decorated in mitsuda-e technique of oil and litharge painting in white, ochre, black, brown and red depicting seven children making a snowball beneath a tree, one levering it with a pole while the others pushing it in the opposite direction, two children engaging in a snowball fight, the border with scrolling foliage, the reverse black lacquer ground with four low scalloped bracket feet, restoration to one edge
1 x 13 x 13in. (2.6 x 33 x 33cm.)
Literature
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 52
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