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Thomsen Gallery
8 East 67th Street
New York City, NY 10065 , United States
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Round Writing Box with Plum Tree (T-4429
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Description
A circular suzuribako (box for writing utensils), the wood body finished in polished black roiro lacquer and decorated on the lid in gold and silver hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and shell with a single weeping-plum tree with outsize blossoms; the interior decorated with swirling waves in gold hiramaki-e, the box inset with suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and silver suiteki (water-dropper for making ink) engraved with the crescent moon, and two fude (writing brushes), the rims silver, with silk wrapper and pad
With fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Circular box for writing utensils with plum in maki-e) signed Maki-eshi Shoso with seal Shoso
Yasuhara Shoso was son of Yasuhara Kiyoshi, a native of Kanazawa, a center of lacquerware production during the Edo period (1615–1868), who had moved to Osaka to engage in the manufacture of goods for export. Taking over the business in 1899, Shoso started to show his work at exhibitions in the second decade of the twentieth century, graduating to national level in 1927 when he first participated in the Teiten national salon; he would exhibit a further five times, finishing in 1940 at the great exhibition held to commemorate the 2600th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial house. Adapting time-honored motifs and exploiting to the full his mastery of the traditional techniques of Kaga maki-e, the sophisticated decorating tradition that had developed in Kanazawa over the previous three centuries, Shoso forged a distinctive modern style that echos similar achievements by his contemporaries in the fields of metalwork and ceramic decoration. - More Information
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Message from Seller:
Thomsen Gallery, located at 9 East 63rd Street in New York City, specializes in important Japanese paintings, screens, scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, and lacquer objects, as well as contemporary works by select artists. Owned by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery offers a wealth of expertise in Japanese art, with global clientele including collectors and museums. Reach them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com
