A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-1
A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-2
A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-3
A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-1A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-2A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880 - image-3

Lot 287 Dα

A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)

A yosegi-zaiku wood cabinet. Meiji period, around 1880

In shape of a Western baroque-style cupboard on four shaped legs, the front with a double door flanked by altogether eight drawers, the front, sides and top inlaid with various kinds of wood with symmetric shapes filled with small geometric patterns. Fittings of chiseled copper, the pull handles of copper in shape of butterflies.
Height 29.8 cm; width 27 cm; depth 15 cm

Provenance

Collection Ruth and Clemens Stupperich, Düsseldorf

Literature

Illustrated in: Japanisches Kunsthandwerk Yosegi-Saiku. Sammlung Ruth und Clemens Stupperich, penInsula, p. 20-21. Source: https://issuu.com/clemens-stupperich/docs/samkat
Compare very similar cabinet illustrated in: Yosegi zaiku, Kaneko korekushion, Tokyo 2001, p. 6, no. 1