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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A PAIR OF LACQUER SAKE FLASKS
JAPAN, MOMOYAMA PERIOD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LACQUER SAKE FLASKS
JAPAN, MOMOYAMA PERIOD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The circular flasks on carved feet, decorated in red and black lacquer on the front with pine trees amidst clouds, and on the reverse with large tomoe mon
Each 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
JAPAN, MOMOYAMA PERIOD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The circular flasks on carved feet, decorated in red and black lacquer on the front with pine trees amidst clouds, and on the reverse with large tomoe mon
Each 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Provenance
T. Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, Kyoto, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 2992.
The Irving Collection, no. 2992.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, 22 November 1991- 23 February 1992.