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Lot 111*
A Ryukyu Islands inlaid lacquer taku (small table) Edo Period, 18th century
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Ryukyu Islands inlaid lacquer taku (small table)
Edo Period, 18th century
Of five lobed form, supported on shaped legs over a five-lobed base, bearing a roiro ground, inlaid on all horizontal surfaces with trailing peony blooms in aogai and raden, the top with an inset brocade panel; with wood storage box. 21½cm (8½in) high; 33cm (13in) diam. (2).
Of five lobed form, supported on shaped legs over a five-lobed base, bearing a roiro ground, inlaid on all horizontal surfaces with trailing peony blooms in aogai and raden, the top with an inset brocade panel; with wood storage box. 21½cm (8½in) high; 33cm (13in) diam. (2).
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黒漆芙蓉図螺鈿卓 江戸時代(18世紀)
Compare with a somewhat similar taku from the collection in the Urazoe Art Musueum, illustrated in the Exhibition Catalogue Ryukyu shitsugei, Okinawa 1995, p.144, no.114.
























