A yosegi-zaiku cabinet. Meiji period - image-1

Lot 291 Dα

A yosegi-zaiku cabinet. Meiji period

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
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A yosegi-zaiku cabinet. Meiji period

The rectangular socle surmounted by a body with all together five drawers, with a compartment to be closed by four sliding doors (losses) to the left and a smaller compartment to be closed by a drop door with a Fuji landscape in mokuzôgan. All fronts with small geometric patterns inlaid in different kinds of wood, the sides and the top with large asymmetric inlays with small geometric patterns.
Height 36 cm; width 36.2 cm; depth 14.8 cm

Provenance

Collection Ruth and Clemens Stupperich, Düsseldorf

Literature

Illustrated in: Japanisches Kunsthandwerk Yosegi-Saiku. Sammlung Ruth und Clemens Stupperich, penInsula, p. 22. Source: https://issuu.com/clemens-stupperich/docs/samkat
Compare very similar cabinet illustrated in: Yosegi zaiku, Kaneko korekushion, Tokyo 2001, p. 26, no. 28