A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century - image-1
A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century - image-2
A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century - image-1A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century - image-2

Lot 337 Dα

A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 1.197 € (incl. premium)
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A Sawasa shakudō and gilded tobacco box.18th century

Of flat oval shape, the shakudō lid and underside carved with temple buildings, pagoda, birds and flowering branches on a gilded, ring punched ground, the sides with foliage and flowers in the same technique. Gilding to the inside. Two hinges restored. Weight 195 g.
Height 3 cm; width 9.1 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg

Literature

Compare very similar tobacco boxes, illustrated in: Sawasa: Japanese Export Art in Black and Gold 1650-1800, Zwolle 1998, p. 57-59