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A FOOTED TRAY
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A FOOTED TRAY

RYUKYU ISLANDS, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A FOOTED TRAY
Ryukyu Islands, Edo Period (18th Century)
A circular tray on a tall waisted stand worked in shell inlay, chinkin [incised and gilded] and tsuikin [coloured lacquer pastes], the centre of the tray with a camellia and willow tree by a stream within a border of floral ornament, the sides with long-tailed birds, peonies and rocks, the interior black lacquered
23.5cm. high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For another example of this unusual shape apparently seen only in Ryukyu lacquerware, see Urasoe-shi Bijutsukan [Urasoe Art Museum], Kanzo Ryukyu shikki ten [Ryukyuan Lacquerware from the Urasoe Art Museum Collection] (Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, 1995), cat. nos. 9 and 84.

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