A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CADDY FOR POWDERED TEATaisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century A hiranatsume (squat tea caddy) of standard form, the lathe-turned wood substrate covered in black roiro lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirigane accents against a gold hirame ground, depicting a Shinto shrine building in a pine grove approached by a bridge over a river, with mountains in the background, the interior muranashiji decorated with birds in flight in gold hiramaki-e, the rims gold fundame; with a lacquered wood tomobako storage box and silk shifuku bag. 3 3/8 x 2 1/4in (8.5 x 5.6cm)FootnotesProvenance: Kobijutsu Yakata, Kyoto, 17 December 2000 Exhibited: Scattered Gold and Midnight Gloss, Japanese Lacquer from the Anbinder Collection, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 31 March - 8 July 2007
A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CADDY FOR POWDERED TEATaisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century A hiranatsume (squat tea caddy) of standard form, the lathe-turned wood substrate covered in black roiro lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirigane accents against a gold hirame ground, depicting a Shinto shrine building in a pine grove approached by a bridge over a river, with mountains in the background, the interior muranashiji decorated with birds in flight in gold hiramaki-e, the rims gold fundame; with a lacquered wood tomobako storage box and silk shifuku bag. 3 3/8 x 2 1/4in (8.5 x 5.6cm)FootnotesProvenance: Kobijutsu Yakata, Kyoto, 17 December 2000 Exhibited: Scattered Gold and Midnight Gloss, Japanese Lacquer from the Anbinder Collection, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 31 March - 8 July 2007
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