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Tea Caddy with Maple Leaves and Flower Rafts (T-3843.1)

Creator: Mejiro Shunpan
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Mejiro Shunpan
Tea Caddy with Maple Leaves and Flower Rafts, 1970s
Size 2¾ x 2¾ x 2¾ in. (7.4 x 7.4 x 7.4 cm)
T-3843.1

Turned wood body with decoration in gold hiramaki-e withkirikane inlaid gold foil squares on a black-lacquer ground; the base black lacquer. Signed in gold hiramaki-e Shunpan ?? with a red-lacquer ka?.
Comes with the original fitted wooden tomobako storage box signed and sealed Shunpan ??

Mejiro Shunpan's original name is Sadakichi ??. Born in 1923, he has been a member of the Wajima Shitsugei Kenky?kai ?? ???????

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Japan
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1970's
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Dealer Reference #:	T-3843.1
Incollect Reference #:	637881

Dimensions

W.	2.91 in;	H.	2.91 in;	D.	2.91 in;
W.	7.4 cm;	H.	7.4 cm;	D.	7.4 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.