Live Auction 9555Asobi: Ingenious Creativity Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary And Ceramics from the Collection of Bernard Leach
A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Caddy]
Lot 92

A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Caddy]

MAEHATA GAHO (1936 - )

Closed15 October 2013

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GBP 4,000

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A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Caddy]
Maehata Gaho (1936 - )
Decorated in hiramaki-e and nashiji on a black roiro-nuri ground, with chrysanthemums and kiri divided by katamigawari in Kodai-ji style, fundame rims, signed Gaho
7.2cm. high

Specialist note

Born into a family of lacquer craftsmen in Ishikawa prefecture, Maehata first studied under his father Maehata Shunsai and later under Murata Dokan and Yasutani Bisei (1901-1983). After receiving Gaho as a go [art name] as a result of making natsume from an old timber from Gaho-in of the Daitoku-ji Temple, he continued to produce natsume from old historical timbers.

Accompanied by a certificate from the Kodai-ji temple allowing Gaho to copy the Kodai-ji style.