Lot Essay
This type of fern is called shinobu, which literally translated to mean enduring, concealing, hiding or longing and the word has often been used in Japanese poems for its allusion to old times gone by.
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Edo period (18th century)
Details
A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Container]
Edo period (18th century)
Of typical form with flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground with ferns, nashiji interior, fundame rims
7cm. high
Edo period (18th century)
Of typical form with flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground with ferns, nashiji interior, fundame rims
7cm. high
Provenance
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1987.
Literature
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer-ware, (London, 1986), cat. no. 66
Exhibited
Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer-ware, Eskenazi, Foxglove House, London, 12 – 23 December 1986
Special notice
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