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Japanese Inlaid Lacquer Box by Nakayama Osamu |
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Inventory #: M2A-01 |
Japanese Showa 50 (1975 - April) lacquer box with mother-of-pearl shell inlay and maki-e 蒔絵 (gold lacquer) modernist design. By artist Nakayama Osamu 中山治.
Comes with tomobako 置物 (original artist signed wooden storage box).
Interior of tomobako lid is signed: 中山治作 N.. |
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Japanese Mid 20th Century Hand Hammered Jungin (Pure Silver) Vase |
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Inventory #: L2U-02 |
Japanese Showa period (Mid 20th Century) hand hammered jungin 純銀 (pure silver) vase with thin, vertically ribbed pattern. The vase has a dark, oxidized finish.
Impressed mark on bottom: 純銀 jungin (pure silver).
Comes with awasebako 合わせ箱 (matched wooden storage box).
Measur.. |
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Japanese Mid 20th Century Bamboo Ikebana Basket with Wisteria Handle |
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Inventory #: M2A-02 |
Japanese early to mid 20th Century bamboo ikebana 生け花 (flower arranging) basket.
Woven bamboo with wisteria branch handle and dō 銅 (copper) metal liner. Wonderful small lacing details on side of basket and on top of handle.
Etched mark on bottom: 竹雲之作 Chikuun no saku (work o.. |
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Japanese Inlaid Lacquer & Acrylic Box by Artist Suzuki Masaya (1932-2013) |
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Inventory #: L2U-09 |
Japanese late 20th to early 21st Century (Heisei period) lacquer & acrylic box by artist Suzuki Masaya (1932-2013) whose art or go name was Suzuki Hyosaku III.
Suzuki Masaya was the originator of the technique of lacquer on acrylic. His works are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museu.. |
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Japanese Art Deco Bronze Crane Okimono by Morimura Torizō (1897-1949) |
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Inventory #: M2U-03 |
Japanese Art Deco cast bronze okimono 置物 (objet d'art) of a standing crane or tsuru 鶴.
By master metal artist Morimura Torizō (1897-1949). He was from Iseasaki in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. A very accomplished craftsman, he was first accepted into the Teiten exhibition in 1927.
Piece co.. |
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Japanese Hammered Iron Zogan Inlaid Vase by Kashima Kazuo (b.1958) |
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Inventory #: M2U-02 |
Japanese hand hammered iron vase with zogan 象嵌 (metal inlay) gold & silver design of interlaid diamond pattern. The bowl form vase has an applied rim of silver. The interior of the vessel is lacquered in red & black.
The vase is by artist Kashima Kazuo (born 1958) from the Taito ward of Tokyo.. |
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