Yoshio Okada
“Flickering” Box with Sprinkled Design of Jellyfish, 2020
Maki-e gold lacquer on a wood base
Size 5½ x 5½ x 5½ in. (14.0 x 13.8 x 13.8 cm)
T-4579
Wood body; gold, silver, and aokin togidashi maki-e and hiramaki-e, red lacquer, gold and silver foil, and gold nashiji on a polished black-lacquer ground; the interior surfaces nashiji; the base...
Wood body; gold, silver, and aokin togidashi maki-e and hiramaki-e, red lacquer, gold and silver foil, and gold nashiji on a polished black-lacquer ground; the interior surfaces nashiji; the base polished black lacquer
Signed on the base with gold maki-e characters Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio)
With fitted kiri-wood tomobako storage box inscribed Kurage (Suigetsu) maki-e hako Tayutau (Box with sprinkled design of jellyfish, “Flickering”), signed Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio) and sealed Yoshio
Signed on the base with gold maki-e characters Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio)
With fitted kiri-wood tomobako storage box inscribed Kurage (Suigetsu) maki-e hako Tayutau (Box with sprinkled design of jellyfish, “Flickering”), signed Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio) and sealed Yoshio