A Ryûkyû/Okinawa tsuikin sageju. Probably Meiji period - image-1

Lot 109 Dα

A Ryûkyû/Okinawa tsuikin sageju. Probably Meiji period

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 930 € (incl. premium)

A Ryûkyû/Okinawa tsuikin sageju. Probably Meiji period

Two tiered lidded boxes, a single lidded box and five small trays are fitted into a frame with a swing handle of silvery metal, decorated with chrysanthemum flowers and leafy scrolling branches in tsuikin technique of light brown and dark green lacquer on a red ground. To the insides glossy red lacquer.
Height 23.7 cm; width 24.2 cm; depth 12 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany

Literature

Compare a round lidded tsuikin box with a very similar design in the Museum für Lackkunst in Münster, illustrated in: Kurt Herberts, Oriental Lacquer, Art and Technique, London 1962, p. 38-39