Nishimura Hikobei VIII (Zōhiko)
Full-Moon-Shaped Writing Box, 1920s
Maki-e gold, red and black lacquer on wood with silver rims
Size 1½ x 8½ x 8½ in. (4 x 21.5 x 21.5 cm)
T-4853
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A circular suzuribako (box for writing utensils) with inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid, the exterior decorated in gold hiramaki-e lacquer over a pale red-lacquer ground, the design of rice plants executed in...
A circular suzuribako (box for writing utensils) with inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid, the exterior decorated in gold hiramaki-e lacquer over a pale red-lacquer ground, the design of rice plants executed in varying tones of gold to create a painterly sense of depth, the interior of the box with a raised section to the right and a lower section to the left enclosing a suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and suiteki (water dropper) finished in polished black roiro lacquer and decorated in traditional colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with two birds of paradise flying amongst clouds of gold nashiji flakes, the suiteki decorated in maki-e with a stream and plants and set in a silver frame stamped Jungin (Pure silver), the interior of the lid also finished in black lacquer and sprinkled with fine silver hirame flakes suggesting moonlight, decorated in mainly gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with branches of cherry blossom in flower and bud, the rims silver, with two fude (brushes) finished in gold hirame
Comes with a wood tomobako storage box, the exterior inscribed and signed: Hinode inaho maki-e tsukigata suzuribako (Moon-shaped maki-e box for writing utensils with rice plants at sunrise); the interior signed: Heian Zōhiko kore o tsukuru (Made by Zōhiko of Kyoto) with a seal Zōhiko
The Zōhiko Company of Kyoto worked mainly for leading industrial families, often creating works intended as gifts for members of the Imperial family.
Comes with a wood tomobako storage box, the exterior inscribed and signed: Hinode inaho maki-e tsukigata suzuribako (Moon-shaped maki-e box for writing utensils with rice plants at sunrise); the interior signed: Heian Zōhiko kore o tsukuru (Made by Zōhiko of Kyoto) with a seal Zōhiko
The Zōhiko Company of Kyoto worked mainly for leading industrial families, often creating works intended as gifts for members of the Imperial family.