MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)

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A THREE-TIERED KASHIKI [FOOD CONTAINER]
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
Kodaiji-maki-e, black lacquer ground decorated around the sides with chrysanthemums, kiri-mon and grasses amongst clouds, some in nashiji, with scattered kiri-mon, plum blossom, maple leaves and pine needles and some in gold takamaki-e, with enrichments of nuggets of gold, silver and shell, the chrysanthemums in nashiji, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kakiwari, the cover in katamigawari, half black lacquer ground and the other half nashiji, with wisteria, maple leaves and kiri blowing in the wind, the foot with peonies in hiramaki-e and the base and interior in brown lacquer, some old wear
21.5 x 12.8cm.

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Lot Essay

Many of the lacquer utensils used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his wife Kodai-in, are preserved in the Kodai-ji temple, said to have been established in 1606 by Kodai-in as a mausoleum for her husband. The term Kodai-ji maki-e is used not only in relation to the objects of Hideyoshi's household but also to other lacquers in the same style and techniques from the same period, the latter part of the 16th century. The most elegant motifs used in the Kodai-ji maki-e style are the flowering grasses of autumn, others include pine, bamboo, maple, hagi [bush clover], kikyo [Chinese bellflower], kuzu [arrowroot], fujibakama [hemp agrimony], and ominasehi [patrinia scabiosaefolia].

For further examples of Kodaiji-maki-e, see Moto-o Yoshimura Kodaiji-maki-e, (Kyoto 1971), no. 40-48.

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