A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FOLDING STOOL (SHOGI)
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A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FOLDING STOOL (SHOGI)

EDO PERIOD, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FOLDING STOOL (SHOGI)
EDO PERIOD, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Ginger leaf and scrolling vine (karakusa) in gold hiramakie on black lacquer ground, the metal fittings with Tokugawa family crest
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high
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Folding stools were used by musicians accompanying a Noh play, but also for ceremonies at Tokugawa family shrines. Such furniture is rare.

Altri da The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part V - European Decorative Arts, Carpets, Old Master Paintings and Asian Works of Art

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