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LACQUER RYOSHIBAKO
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Lot 427*
A black lacquer ryoshibako (document box) and cover By Yanagisawa Ippo, Showa Period
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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By Yanagisawa Ippo, Showa Period
The roiro ground decorated in gold and red takamakie with stylised chrysanthemum heads, some with their stamens lacquered in tight hirame flakes, others with the centre lacquered with the auspicious character ju, some flowers with petals inlaid in mother-of-pearl, aogai or e-nashiji, the inside of the cover embellished with three butterflies hovering around the inscription Koki kinen (To mark the seventieth birthday), the interior and underside of dense nashiji; signed in gold lacquer Ippo saku; with wood storage box and note which indicates that the box was made on an auspicious day in April 1927. 12cm x 25.5cm x 21cm (4¾in x 10in x 8¼in). (3).
The roiro ground decorated in gold and red takamakie with stylised chrysanthemum heads, some with their stamens lacquered in tight hirame flakes, others with the centre lacquered with the auspicious character ju, some flowers with petals inlaid in mother-of-pearl, aogai or e-nashiji, the inside of the cover embellished with three butterflies hovering around the inscription Koki kinen (To mark the seventieth birthday), the interior and underside of dense nashiji; signed in gold lacquer Ippo saku; with wood storage box and note which indicates that the box was made on an auspicious day in April 1927. 12cm x 25.5cm x 21cm (4¾in x 10in x 8¼in). (3).
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Yanagisawa Ippo was a maki-e artist active during the Meiji, Taisho and the beginning of the Showa era, living in Meguro, Tokyo. Recognized by Shiroyama Shosai (1853-1923), the great maki-e master in the Meiji era, he joined the Shosai workshop as a craftsman and eventually worked as a right-hand man for Shosai. After the death of his master, he created his own original works and signed them himself.





