A MINIATURE LACQUER CARRIAGE FOR THE GIRLS' FESTIVAL
Lot 1321 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A MINIATURE LACQUER CARRIAGE FOR THE GIRLS' FESTIVAL

JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Closed21 March 2019

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A MINIATURE LACQUER CARRIAGE FOR THE GIRLS' FESTIVAL
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Of lacquered wood, constructed of multiple parts with sliding doors on each side, windows on each side with slats and detachable brocade-mounted bamboo blinds, the carriage decorated in mura nashiji over black lacquer with flying cranes and young pine in gold hiramaki-e, gilt copper engraved fittings, on black lacquer stand and with fitted wood storage box, carrying handle in separate fitted wood box
34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) wide (including carrying handle), 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) high, 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) deep

Klaus F. Naumann, Classic Japanese Art, Tokyo, 2004.
The Irving Collection, no. 3886.