A SUPERB AND LARGE LACQUER CABINET DEPICTING KUJAKU... Lot 43
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A SUPERB AND LARGE LACQUER CABINET DEPICTING KUJAKU (PEACOCKS) AND SAKURA (CHERRY) BLOSSOMS
Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The rectangular cabinet with two doors opening to a compartment with two shelves, the edges with chased metal fittings. The exterior and interior worked in thick gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, the details embellished with mother-of-pearl, depicting on the front a resplendent peacock with a peahen beneath a blossoming sakura (cherry) tree on a cavernous rock surrounded by wildflowers and a stream of water. The interior decorated with birds of paradise among flowers, the interior doors decorated in gold lacquer with idyllic scenes of fishing boats.
SIZE 78.3 x 49.8 x 25.6 cm
Condition: Very good, age-related condition. Wear, age cracks, repairs to the back board, small losses to lacquer, and a single metal fitting lost. Overall presenting very well.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related large lacquer cabinet, 53.5 cm high, c. 1750-1850, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 28 October 2020, Vienna, lot 143 (
sold for EUR 6,952). Compare a related lacquer cabinet and stand decorated with birds, 76 cm wide, dated Meiji period, at Christie’s, A South American Private Collection, 5 December 2019, London, lot 221
(sold for GBP 20,000).
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