Natsume with Fireflies (T-3940.1)
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Description
Natsume with Fireflies, 1970s
Maki-e gold lacquer and red lacquer on wood
Size 2¾ x 2½ x 2½ in. (7.1 x 6.9 x 6.9 cm)
Natsume tea caddy with katagiri engraved decor of plants in gold and green and fireflies in black and red hiramaki-e lacquer, on a polished black lacquer ground. Incised bottom signature.
Comes with the original fitted kiri-wood box signed by the artist - More Information
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Dimensions
H. 2.8 in; Diam. 2.72 in; H. 7.1 cm; Diam. 6.9 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.