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A matching lacquer suzuribako (writing box and cover) and bundai (writing table) By the Minoya workshop, Meiji/Taisho Period image 1
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A matching lacquer suzuribako (writing box and cover) and bundai (writing table)
By the Minoya workshop, Meiji/Taisho Period

Fine Japanese Art
11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£25,000 - £30,000

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A matching lacquer suzuribako (writing box and cover) and bundai (writing table)

By the Minoya workshop, Meiji/Taisho Period
Each designed with chrysanthemums and tall stems of leafy bamboo supported by bamboo canes, in gold hiramakie and takamakie and inlaid shell with discreet details enhanced in kirigane and e-nashiji on a mura-nashiji ground; the interior of the lid of the suzuribako similarly lacquered with a river meandering amidst rockwork, the box containing ensuite removable implement tray containing a silvered metal and shibuichi suiteki in the form of a pile of shikishi papers engraved with pine cones, signed with seal ko...., an ink-stone, a skewer and two brushes in rich nashiji holders with silver fittings; the bundai raised on four trefoil feet with the edges applied throughout with silver fittings engraved with stylised florets, the scalloped inner edges also of silver; with two double wood storage boxes titled and stamped with two seals Heian and Minoya-sei. The writing table 14cm x 35.5cm x 62cm (5½in x 14in x 24 3/8in); the writing box 4.5cm x 23.6cm x 26.1cm. (11).

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菊竹図蒔絵文台・硯箱　美濃屋製　明治/大正時代

The motif of flowers by a fence, first seen on Japanese lacquer in the thirteenth century, derives from a verse by the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (Toemmei) (365-427).

Minoya, founded in 1772, was a lacquer shop in Kyoto which sold custom-made ware. Supported by the great artisan who had high technique and artistic talent, Minoya made a set of wedding lacquer ware for Princess Higashikuni Shigeko (1925-1961), the eldest daughter of Emperor Showa, in Showa 18, 1943, even though this was during World War II. After the war, the ninth head of Minoya, Inagaki Magoichiro, decided to close the shop to prevent the degradation of the quality because of the lack of materials and craftsmen. In 1990, Mr Inagaki donated the collection of Minoya lacquer ware to Kyoto National Museum.

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