MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A KODANSU [INCENSE CABINET]
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE FITTED WITH A HINGED DOOR OPENING TO REVEAL THREE DRAWERS, THE BLACK LACQUER GROUND DECORATED IN GOLD FOIL AND AOGAI WITH A GEOMETRIC DESIGN, THE INTERIOR WITH SIMILAR DECORATION, THE DRAWER INTERIORS IN GYOBU NASHIJI, FUNDAME RIMS, THE SILVER FITTINGS ENGRAVED WITH KARAKUSA
9CM. LONG

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THIS KODANSU IS DECORATED IN THE STYLE OF SHELL INLAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOMADA, A FAMILY OF LACQUER ARTISTS SAID TRADITIONALLY TO HAVE BEEN FOUNDED IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY BY SOMADA KYOSUKE ¹ WHO LEARNED THE TECHNIQUE IN NAGASAKI, EDO PERIOD JAPAN'S WINDOW ONTO CONTEMPORARY CHINA. SOMADA WARE IS CHARACTERISED BY INTRICATE INLAY OF IRIDESCENT SHELL WITH TINY PIECES OF GOLD AND SILVER FOIL LAID FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, WHICH IS USUALLY BLACK LACQUER.

¹ E.A. WRANGHAM, THE INDEX OF INRO ARTISTS (HAREHOPE, 1995), P. 271-272

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