A JAPANESE URUSHI-E WOOD CHABAKO AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN

A JAPANESE URUSHI-E WOOD CHABAKO AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Possibly cedar wood, the box made for holding utensils for the tea ceremony, the door and sides decorated with paulownia flowers, leaves and scrolling tendrils in russet-brown and black lacquer, the interior with two inner compartments and a small drawer above, the door with two characters reading Zeshin and with a red seal underneath for Shin, after Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), 16.6cm x 20cm x 12.6cm, (3)

Cf. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art: Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, Shibata Zeshin, no.78 for a set of ten wood trays by Zeshin similarly decorated in urushi-e with floral motifs.