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YAMAZAKI MUSHŪ (BORN 1977)
A Black-Lacquer Nagatebako (Accessory Box)
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2007

14 December 2023, 17:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$5,120 inc. premium

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YAMAZAKI MUSHŪ (BORN 1977)

A Black-Lacquer Nagatebako (Accessory Box)
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2007
The elongated rectangular box decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e, high-relief takamaki-e, and togidashi maki-e with embellishments of gold hirame flakes and kinpun powder, depicting shells for the kaiawase shell-matching game and pine seedlings against a ground of polished black roiro lacquer, the exteriors of the shells with clouds, the interiors with motifs including a taiko drum and nomaku (outdoor curtain), an egret by a pond, a samurai helmet, and a spinning top, the interior and base finished in dense gold nashiji, the rims silver, signed on an inlaid shell plaque on the end Mushū; with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed outside Nagatebako kaiawase maki-e Mushū (Rectangular accessory box with shell-matching game design in maki-e, Mushū) and sealed Mushū
1 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 3 1/2in (4.7 × 21.3 × 8.6cm)

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Provenance
Purchased from Erik Thomsen Asian Art

Born the eldest son of a lacquerer, in his late teens Yamazaki Mushū (birthname: Atsushi) entered the workshop of Nakamura Shūzō to receive instruction in the techniques of Kaga maki-e, a regional style of lacquer decoration dating back to the time of Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658), lord of Kaga Province (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture). In 1990 he assumed his artistic name Mushū, written with two characters meaning "Dream Boat," that express his determination to use the ancient art of lacquering as the vessel through which his creative vision can be given tangible physical form. He has constantly developed new styles of expression without ever deviating from the exacting artistic and technical standards he absorbed as a young apprentice, deploying an unusually wide range of hues including not only metallic gold and silver but also colored lacquer.

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