A Lacquer Accessory Box (Tebako), Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
A deep box with rounded corners and flush-fitting cover, lavishly decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, with details in keuchi, ginpun, uchikomi and kirikane. The box rims in silver.
27.3 x 22.8 x 13.1 cm.
(10 3/4 x 9 x 5 1/8 in.)
(10 3/4 x 9 x 5 1/8 in.)
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A mountainous landscape of Chinese-style pavilions and thatched huts amongst bamboo, maple, willow, pine, and cherry trees. Stylised waves churn against a rocky shore. The sky and interior in rich...
A mountainous landscape of Chinese-style pavilions and thatched huts amongst bamboo, maple, willow, pine, and cherry trees. Stylised waves churn against a rocky shore. The sky and interior in rich nashiji.
Provenance
The Ankarcrona collection
Sten Ankarcrona (1861-1936) started collecting Japanese works of art as a young officer in the Swedish navy. On his first visit to Japan in the late 1880s he became fascinated by the intricacies of Japanese lacquer, making numerous purchases, and continued to add to his collection after his return to Europe. In 1923, by then an admiral, he went back to Japan at the request of the King of Sweden, at which time he made numerous more purchases. The collection was then further added to by the admiral's descendants throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Publications
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Inro and Lacquer-ware from a Private Swedish Collection, (London, 1996), no. 76, p. 82-83.1
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