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細節: A LACQUER <i>SUZURIBAKO </i>(WRITING BOX) AND COVER
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), BEARING THE SIGNATURE<i> ZESHIN </i>(SCHOOL OF SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
Of square form with a <i>kabusebuta</i> (overhanging lid), decorated in gold, silver, and coloured <i>hiramaki-e</i>, <i>takamaki-e</i>, and <i>togidashi maki-e</i> with details of <i>okibirame </i>and inlaid shell, on the exterior of the lid a moonlit scene depicting two noblemen seen from inside a circular, bamboo-latticed window, one playing a <i>yokobue</i> (flute) and the second dancing in accompaniment, a landscape painting displayed behind in the <i>tokonoma </i>and a lantern suspended before the bamboo blinds, the interior of the lid with a maple-decorated, <i>roiro-nuri</i> <i>shodana</i> (book shelf stand) displaying on the top shelf several implements associated with <i>kodo</i> (the incense game) including a <i>jukogo</i> (three-tiered box) for storing incense wood, a <i>koro</i> (incense burner), a <i>kyoji-tate</i> (implement stand) holding a <i>habok</i>i ('feather duster') and <i>haibashi </i>(metal ash chopsticks), a paper packet containing fragrant wood, on the other shelves a book, a set of rolled scrolls and a document box, beside a <i>tsuitate</i> screen painted with an oxherd riding an ox, inscribed <i>Morinobu hitsu</i>, a checkered board for game tokens, counters and a brocade pouch scattered on the ground, the interior of the box with a removable <i>ita </i>(baseboard) fitted with a <i>suzuri</i> (ink-grinding stone) and a silver <i>suiteki</i> (water dropper) in form of a plum blossom, similarly lacquered with a Chinese vase containing a stalk of chrysanthemum and a teapot on a mat, bearing a gold lacquer <i>hiramaki-e </i>signature <i>Zeshin, </i>all reserved against a ground of polished <i>ishime </i>lacquer.
1 3⁄8 in. (3.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, 7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) wide
來源: Sold at Christie's, London, 1 May 1967.
Purchased from Douglas Wright, 10 October 1967.
Wrangham Collection, no. 823, with original collector's label.
出版: Robert Schaap (ed.), <i>Meiji Japanese art in transition, </i>the Haags Gemeentemuseum, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1987, p.114, no.186 (ill.)
展覽: The Hague, The Netherlands, <i>Meiji Japanese Art in Transition</i>, 21 March - 24 May 1987.