ID 1387645
Lot 179 | A LACQUER BOX WITH DRAWERS
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO SHIRAYAMA SHOSAI (1853-1923)
4 ¾ x 6 ¾ x 2 1/8 in. (12.1 x 17.1 x 5.4 cm.)
With accompanied exhibition caption and label reading 'silver medal'
Provenance
Tanaka & Co., Osaka
Mr. J. C. Lehüller
Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, London
Acquired from the above, 1996
Thence by descent
Literature
Ferns Feathers Flowers, Japanese Lacquer of the Meiji and Taisho Periods from the Baur Collection (Münster: Museum für Lackkunst, 2000). Pp. 81, fig. 26.
Jan Dees, Japanese Lacquer Artist – Shirayama Shosai, in Arts of Asia, vol. 32:2, (Hong Kong: Arts of Asia Publications Ltd., 2002), no. 9.
Exhibited
St. Louis Universal Exposition, Louisiana, 30 April-1 Dec 1904
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
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