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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Five-Case Inro
Edo Period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, hirame and togidashi-e with a gosho-guruma [court carriage] beside a flowering cherry tree, nashiji interiors, fundame rims, coral ojime
9.3cm. high
Edo Period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, hirame and togidashi-e with a gosho-guruma [court carriage] beside a flowering cherry tree, nashiji interiors, fundame rims, coral ojime
9.3cm. high
Literature
Japanese Lacquer Art - An Exposition, (Kyoto, 1984), no.105
Exhibited
Japan - Lacquer which Crossed the Ocean, Exhibition, 28th October-13th November 2007, Hishio [The Centre for Cultural Exchange], Katsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
Bitchu Urushi and Lacquer which Crossed the Ocean, Exhibition, 8th-13th January 2008, Santa Gallery, Okayama City
Bitchu Urushi and Lacquer which Crossed the Ocean, Exhibition, 8th-13th January 2008, Santa Gallery, Okayama City
Special notice
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