Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
A Lacquered Wood Towel Rack
Lot 432

A Lacquered Wood Towel Rack

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 4,000

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A Lacquered Wood Towel Rack
Edo Period (18th-19th century)
With inset panel lacquered in low relief in gold and silver with kirigane details, with bamboo, rocks and a rippling stream, silver fittings engraved with maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream
55cm. high

Specialist note

For a similar example in the Art Gallery of New South Wales see The Asian Collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, (Sydney, 2000), p.220