Yoshio Okada
“Floating Moon, Wave Clouds” Kanshitsu Box with Sprinkled Design of Celestial Phenomena, 2020
Gold and colored lacquer, gold foil, and shell on a kanshitsu dry-lacquer body
Size 1½ x 5¾ x 4¼ in. (4 x 14.5 x 11 cm)
T-4609
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Kanshitsu body made from cloth reinforced with lacquer; gold and aokin togidashi maki-e, gold nashiji, red lacquer, and inlays of gold foil and thin shell on a polished black-lacquer ground,...
Kanshitsu body made from cloth reinforced with lacquer; gold and aokin togidashi maki-e, gold nashiji, red lacquer, and inlays of gold foil and thin shell on a polished black-lacquer ground, the design continuing down the sides and onto the base; the interior surfaces gold nashiji
Signed inside with gold maki-e characters Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio)
With fitted kiri-wood tomobako storage box inscribed Tenshō maki-e kanshitsu kobako Ugetsu rōun (Kanshitsu small box with sprinkled design of celestial phenomena, “Floating Moon, Wave Clouds”), signed Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio) and sealed Yoshio
Signed inside with gold maki-e characters Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio)
With fitted kiri-wood tomobako storage box inscribed Tenshō maki-e kanshitsu kobako Ugetsu rōun (Kanshitsu small box with sprinkled design of celestial phenomena, “Floating Moon, Wave Clouds”), signed Yoshio tsukuru (Made by Yoshio) and sealed Yoshio
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