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Octagonal Incense-Burner Tray with Floral Designs (T-4869)

Creator: Domoto Shikken
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Dōmoto Shikken (Gosaburō) (1889–1964)
Octagonal Incense-Burner Tray with Floral Designs, 1950s
Maki-e gold, red and black lacquer on wood
Size 2½ x 20¼ x 20¼ in. (6.5 x 51.5 x 51.5 cm)

An octagonal kōrobon (tray for an incense burner) with vertical sides resting on eight bracket feet, the assembled wood substrate finished in polished black roiro lacquer, the interior decorated in gold and red hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with formal floral designs

Signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base: Gosaburō saku (Made by Gosaburō)

1950s

Comes with a wood tomobako storage box, inscribed outside: Saisō hakkaku kōrobon (Octagonal incense-burner tray with floral designs); signed on the reverse of the lid: Maki-e Gosaburō saku with a seal Dōmoto

Dōmoto Shikken made octagonal trays with floral designs over a long period of time but this piece likely dates from around the same period as another tray that he exhibited at the Tenth Nitten Exhibition in 1954, see Nittenshi Hensan Iinkai (Nittenshi Editorial Committee), Nittenshi 18 (History of the National Salon 18), Nitten hen 3 (The Nitten Exhibition 3), Shōwa 29nen–Shōwa 30nen (1954–1955), Tokyo, Nitten, 1987, p. 290, no. 245.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signed on bottom of tray; signed on accompanying storage box
Origin:	Japan
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Maki-e gold, red and black lacquer on wood
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Creation Date:	1950s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Florals/Botanical, Handmade
Dealer Reference #:	T-4869
Incollect Reference #:	745313

Dimensions

W.	20.28 in;	H.	2.56 in;	D.	20.28 in;
W.	51.5 cm;	H.	6.5 cm;	D.	51.5 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.