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Lot 99*
A lacquered wood suiban (water basin) By the Zohiko Company, Taisho Period
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,000
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Find your local specialistA lacquered wood suiban (water basin)
By the Zohiko Company, Taisho Period
Of shallow form, raised on three feet, the exterior decorated in gold and iro-e takamakie with gold fish swimming among stylised ripples of water on a charcoal-grey ground, with tomobako signed Heian Zohiko and sealed by the artist. 35½cm (13¾in) diam. (2).
Of shallow form, raised on three feet, the exterior decorated in gold and iro-e takamakie with gold fish swimming among stylised ripples of water on a charcoal-grey ground, with tomobako signed Heian Zohiko and sealed by the artist. 35½cm (13¾in) diam. (2).
Footnotes
金魚図蒔絵水盤 象彦 大正時代
At least eight generations of successors to the fine Kyoto lacquerer Nishimura Sochu (1720-1773) have used this same name, of which the last was recorded in the Taisho period.
























