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Gold-Lacquer Box with Shells, 2007

Creator: Yamazaki Mushū
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Yamazaki Mushū
Gold-Lacquer Box with Shells, 2007
Size 1¾ x 8¼ x 3¼ in. (4.5 x 21.2 x 8.7 cm)
T-4917

Rectangular tebako box with décor of shells and pine seedlings, the shells in raised takamakie with décor in various techniques of kabuto helm, a kite, a bugaku stage, a heron and takarabune treasure ships, all on a black lacquer ground with finely sprinkled kimpun gold powder and nashiji gold flakes, the inside and bottom with nashiji gold flakes, the rims in solid silver, signed on the end: Mushu on an inlayed mother-of-pearl placque. Comes with its original fitted paulownia-wood tomobako storage box inscribed: naga tebako kaiwase makie (Long Accessory Box with Shells in Maki-e Gold Lacquer) and signed Mushu with a black seal mark reading: Mushu

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	2000-2021
Creation Date:	2007
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	764073

Dimensions

W.	8.25 in;	H.	1.75 in;	D.	3.25 in;
W.	20.96 cm;	H.	4.45 cm;	D.	8.26 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.