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A LARGE LAQUER BOWL AND COVER, EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

November 3, 04:10 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A LARGE LAQUER BOWL AND COVER

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY


the bowl with flush fitting cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a black ground with bamboo, red lacquer interior

40 cm, 15 3/4 in. diam. 

For another example with a different design in Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden, see Oliver Impey and Christiaan J.A. Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Oxford, 2005), no.169, p.105.