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A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Container]
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A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Container]

Edo period (18th century)

Fermé11 November 2015

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GBP 11,875

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A Lacquer Natsume [Tea Container]
Edo period (18th century)
Of typical form with flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground with ferns, nashiji interior, fundame rims
7cm. high

Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1987.

Note du spécialiste

This type of fern is called shinobu, which literally translated to mean enduring, concealing, hiding or longing and the word has often been used in Japanese poems for its allusion to old times gone by.