Two lacquer trays for kimono. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 110 Dα

Two lacquer trays for kimono. Late 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
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Two lacquer trays for kimono. Late 19th century

Fitting into each other and with rounded corners, decorated with a swarm of butterflies in maki-e, silvery and red lacquer with a few aogai inlays, on a roiro ground. Tomobako, signed to the reverse of the lid ...shi maki-e Tachibana Tomoshichi, and sealed Tachibana Tomoshichi. (2)
Height 5.8 cm; L 47.2 bzw. 45.7 cm

Asano Tomoshichi was a follower of Nagano Yokofue, who founded an urushi table ware shop in Kyoto with the name Tachibanaya. He exhibited at the Kyoto hakurankai (Kyoto Industrial Exhibition) in Meiji 5 (1872) und Meiji 11 (1878).