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A Museum Quality Japanese Lacquer Tobacco Box browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Lacquer: Pre 1910: item # 1016987 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 2782 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book 2000.00 |
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This is one of the most unusual Japanese lacquer pieces we have ever seen or had in the collection. The box is a Tobacco Box – “tabako ire) made in the shape of an eggplant. It is a papier mache form made over a mold and then coated with multiple layers of black roiro lacquer with overtones of purple. As a result of the method of making the box, it is quite light and rather delicate. The process of making it is best described in the book “A Sprinkling of Gold” – see later paragraphs. This box measures 5 ¼” long by 2 ½” wide at the base by 2 1/8” at the bulbous area and 2 ½” to the top of the stem. Thus it is slightly larger than the one in the Ehrenkranz collection – but is, without question – made by the same artist. It is in excellent condition – there is one small area that appears to be where the lacquer failed to adhere to the form underneath – or, possibly it was chipped off at some time in the past. It is flat on the base so that it will stand without rolling over. It dates from the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1830 – 1860s. Clearly it is a major addition to any collection of fine Japanese lacquer. It is almost an exact copy of the one illustrated in the book “A Sprinkling of Gold – The Lacquer Box Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz” by Barbra Teri Okada, The Newark Museum, 1983, page 122-123, Plate 47. The photo of the Ehrenkranz box is shown in Photo # 11 and that part of the description that sets forth the details of how the piece was made is seen in Photo #12. |
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