A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period - image-1
A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period - image-2
A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period - image-1A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period - image-2

Lot 285 Dα

A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.800 €
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A wood yosegi-zaiku smoker’s set. Late Edo period

The rectangular body with slender pillars of dark wood at the corners, with three drawers and two others behind a door and a tabakobon inserted at the left with three small drawers and a metal container for coals (hiire) with metal lid chased with a dragon amidst clouds. All sides with mosaic-like inlays of square pieces of kihada (cork tree) wood. Fittings, handles and lid of copper. Black lacquer to the inside. Inside at the back a character in ink probably referring to the maker. The bottom drawer and the left side a bit warped.
Height with cover 30.5 cm; width 33 cm; depth 19.1 cm

Provenance

Collection Ruth and Clemens Stupperich, Düsseldorf

Literature

Illustrated in: Japanisches Kunsthandwerk Yosegi-Saiku. Sammlung Ruth und Clemens Stupperich, penInsula, p. 17. Source https://issuu.com/clemens-stupperich/docs/samkat
Compare similar tabako-bon illustrated in: Yosegi zaiku, Kaneko korekushion, Tokyo 2001, p. 56, no. 73