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LACQUER SUZURIBAKO

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Lot 424*

A gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover
Rinpa style, 20th century

Fine Japanese Art including two masterpieces by Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959)
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A gold lacquer suzuribako (writing box) and cover

Rinpa style, 20th century
Imitating a design by Ogata Korin, the kinji ground lacquered in gold, lead and raden takamakie, the domed overlapping cover decorated with a stag and its mate, both recumbent and facing each other, the interior of the cover decorated with crashing waves inlaid in lead takamakie with the design continuing inside the box which contains a detachable ink stone and a rectangular silvered-metal suiteki (water dropper) carved with waves, inscribed Hokkyo Korin with seal Hoshuku; with wood storage box, to the sides of which are attached two labels indicating that the writing box was in the collection of the Inoue family and the Yomei Bunko Foundation, which holds works of art from the Konoe family. 4.5cm x 25.1cm x 21cm (1¾in x 9 13/16in x 8¼in). (5).

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Dating back to the time of Fujiwara no Kamatari (614-669), the Konoe are the most senior of the Gosekke (Five Regent Families of Japan), a group which also includes the Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo and Takatsukasa. Konoe family members have served as Imperial regents and chancellors, and Prince Konoe Fumimaro (1891-1945) was three times Prime Minister. The current head of the family, Konoe Tadateru, is the fiftieth person to hold that position.

The 'Inoue family' referred to in one of the labels on the storage box may be the distinguished Kyoto family which preserves the Inoue style of Nihon buyo (traditional Japanese perfoming arts). The first iemoto (grand master), Inoue Yachiyo I (1767-1855), worked for the Konoe family.

The Yomei Bunko Foundation in Kyoto is the treasury of the Konoe clan. Numbering hundreds of thousands of items, the Yomei Bunko collection includes early historical documents, books, manuscripts and works of art.

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