A JAPANESE LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX AND COVER

A JAPANESE LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX AND COVER, BUNKO

20TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape and with bevelled corners, the lid decorated with sprays of flowering vanda falcata orchids on a muted copper-red ground, the sides with further blooms, the inside a deep teal colour and the flange with other flowers in gold and silver on a coral ground, signed Shuho saku on the side for Kawai Shuho, together with a fitted tomobako wood box, 16.3cm. (2)

Kawai Shuho (1890-1981), also known as Kawai Toyozo, was a renowned lacquer artist who won numerous prizes at exhibitions in Japan, including those of the Imperial Academy of Art.