SASAYA WORKSHOP, KYOTO, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIKE AND HIROKO DEAN

A Lacquered Copper Tobacco Box Depicting Deshima Island and Nagasaki Bay
Sasaya Workshop, Kyoto, Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century)
The rounded-rectangular copper box and hinged cover decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e [low-relief lacquer] and takamaki-e [high-relief lacquer] with a view of ships in Nagasaki Bay, Deshima Island to the lower left, the side of the cover with two strips of scrolling karakusa and the cover edged with a line of inlaid mother-of-pearl, the front of the box with inscription Gezicht van de baay van Nagasaki in Japan [view of the Bay of Nagasaki in Japan], the sides also decorated with cherry blossoms and petals, the interior black lacquer
13.3 x 7.9 x 2.5cm.

Published
Akio Haino, Nihon no Bijutsu, No. 231, (Japan, 1987), p. 78
Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin: The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, (London, 2002), p. 193-4

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.