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- I lotti verranno aggiudicati definitivamente in sala durante l’asta che si svolgerà il 18 ottobre 2020 dalle ore 11:00 CEST per i lotti 1-202 e dalle ore 15.00 CEST per i lotti 203 - 470 presso Crespi Bonsai Museum in S.S del Sempione, 37 20015 Parabiago.
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LOT 288:
A LACQUERED AND GILT WOOD AND METAL BASINJapan, Edo period, 17th century Circular section, the ...
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Sold for: €7,000
Start price:
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5,500
Estimated price :
€10,000 - €15,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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A LACQUERED AND GILT WOOD AND METAL BASIN
Japan, Edo period, 17th century
Circular section, the basin supported by a base covered with gilded metal incised with vegetal motifs, horizontal and shaped handles on two sides, the whole surface with a 'pear skin' ground ( nashiji) on which a fine maki-e decoration of cranes, turtles, pine trees, bamboo, orange trees and a coat of arms ( kamon) in the shape of a stylized flower ( umebachi).
32 x 27 x 15 cm
Provenance: Italian private collection.
This kind of container is known with the term mimidarai due to the characteristic shape of the handles that resembles ears. It was mainly used in the practice of blackening of the teeth ( ohaguro), in vogue since very ancient times in Japan. The coat of arms that appears several times on its surface can be associated with the Maeda clan.
