Nishimura Shōitsu I
Tea Caddy with Chrysanthemums, 1930s
Maki-e gold lacquer on wood
Size 1¾ x 3¼ x 3¼ in. (4.8 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm)
T-4896-1
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A hiranatsume, the turned-wood body covered in polished black roiro lacquer embellished with widely spaced gold hirame flakes and decorated in fine gold hiramaki-e with a mass of chrysanthemums by...
A hiranatsume, the turned-wood body covered in polished black roiro lacquer embellished with widely spaced gold hirame flakes and decorated in fine gold hiramaki-e with a mass of chrysanthemums by a rustic bamboo fence, the interior finished in dense gold hirame flakes, the rims gold fundame lacquer
Comes with a lacquered wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Kiku maki-e hiranatsume (Tea caddy with maki-e chrysanthemums); signed inside in gold lacquer: Shōitsu saku with a seal Nishimura; also with a silk brocade shifuku (tea-caddy wrapper)
Nishimura Shōitsu’s early training links him to the high tradition of maki-e art in former Kaga Province (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture): His first teacher Chikada Ichitarō was a pupil of Igarashi Zuiho (1852–1903), a member of the Igarashi lineage of master lacquerers who served the wealthy Maeda family for more than two centuries. Nishimura is admired for his successful use of time-honored techniques to create lacquer works with a contemporary sensibility.
Comes with a lacquered wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Kiku maki-e hiranatsume (Tea caddy with maki-e chrysanthemums); signed inside in gold lacquer: Shōitsu saku with a seal Nishimura; also with a silk brocade shifuku (tea-caddy wrapper)
Nishimura Shōitsu’s early training links him to the high tradition of maki-e art in former Kaga Province (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture): His first teacher Chikada Ichitarō was a pupil of Igarashi Zuiho (1852–1903), a member of the Igarashi lineage of master lacquerers who served the wealthy Maeda family for more than two centuries. Nishimura is admired for his successful use of time-honored techniques to create lacquer works with a contemporary sensibility.