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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A MINIATURE LACQUER CARRIAGE FOR THE GIRLS' FESTIVAL
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A MINIATURE LACQUER CARRIAGE FOR THE GIRLS' FESTIVAL
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Of lacquered wood, constructed of multiple parts with sliding doors on each side, windows on each side with slats and detachable brocade-mounted bamboo blinds, the carriage decorated in mura nashiji over black lacquer with flying cranes and young pine in gold hiramaki-e, gilt copper engraved fittings, on black lacquer stand and with fitted wood storage box, carrying handle in separate fitted wood box
34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) wide (including carrying handle), 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) high, 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) deep
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Of lacquered wood, constructed of multiple parts with sliding doors on each side, windows on each side with slats and detachable brocade-mounted bamboo blinds, the carriage decorated in mura nashiji over black lacquer with flying cranes and young pine in gold hiramaki-e, gilt copper engraved fittings, on black lacquer stand and with fitted wood storage box, carrying handle in separate fitted wood box
34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) wide (including carrying handle), 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) high, 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) deep
Provenance
Klaus F. Naumann, Classic Japanese Art, Tokyo, 2004.
The Irving Collection, no. 3886.
The Irving Collection, no. 3886.