Decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kirikane on black ground, the top desgiend with bamboo and chrysanthemum by stream, the lower surface depicts chrysanthemum and bamboo fence
14¹⁄₈ x 23 x 10 in. (35.9 x 58.4 x 25.4 cm.)
With original wood box, the inner box sigend Heian Zohiko saku (made by Heian Zohiko), sealed Zohiko

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Lot Essay

The Zohiko lineage dates from the time of the Kyoto lacquer craftsman Nishimura Munetada (1720-1773), who acquired the nickname "elephant boy" (Zohiko) for his lacquer image of the deity Fugen (Samantabhadra) on an elephant mount. This stand is possibly from the workshop in the periods of the seventh-generation Nishimura Hikobei. His nephew, the eighth generation, received the gold medal for his work at the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915.