SIGNED TOKOSAI, EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)

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A BASKETWORK BOX
SIGNED TOKOSAI, EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
THE BOX WITH INWARD-SLOPING SIDES AND OVERHANGING LID, BOTH BOX AND LID OF BAMBOO WOVEN IN A HERRINGBONE PATTERN, THE EDGES REINFORCED WITH WIDER BANDS OF BAMBOO, THE LID AND TWO OF THE SIDES DECORATED IN GOLD AND COLOURED TEXTURED TAKAMAKI-E WITH FERNS, THE INTERIOR BLACK LACQUERED, THE BASE REINFORCED WITH TWO WIDER BANDS OF BAMBOO
10CM. WIDE

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

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THE SIGNATURE ON THIS BOX IS REPRODUCED BY WRANGHAM, WHO NOTES THAT THE DESIGN IS TYPICAL OF THE RINPA REVIVAL INITIATED IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY BY THE PAINTER SAKAI HOITSU.¹

¹ E.A. WRANGHAM, THE INDEX OF INRO ARTISTS (HAREHOPE, 1995), P. 295.

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