Private collection, Germany
A red and black lacquer oi (armour box) decorated with gilt and shakudō (copper and gold alloy) fittings. The front bears a biwa (Japanese lute) shaped bar which when removed reveals four doors enclosing two internal compartments separated by a shelf, the bottom compartment containing a tray. Each side is adorned with elaborate metalwork depicting sprays of kiku(chrysanthemum) and the back has two kiri mon (paulownia crest) above which there is a handle attached to a kiku mon (chrysanthemum crest) shaped plate. These two crests of high-ranking families appear throughout the fittings.
Japan, 16th/17th century, Momoyama period.
Works of Art
A negoro lacquer Heishi
A wood Noh mask of Koomote
A bronze flower vessel
A Suiseki (viewing stone)
A kakebotoke
A ceramic te-aburi (hand warmer)
A Lacquered Shield
A bronze flower vessel of mimikuchi
A bronze hanging flower vessel
A wood Kyōgen mask of Usobuki
A suiseki (viewing stone) of vertical form with a natural striation resembling a waterfall, with wood stand
A Chinese bronze censer
A Tokoname storage jar
A ceramic vase by Makuzu Kōzan II
A Suiseki (viewing stone)
A pottery kake hanaire (hanging flower vessel)
A Suiseki (viewing stone)
A red lacquer Kamakura-bori dai-kogo (incense box)
A Chinese Suiseki (viewing stone)
A black lacquer bon (tray)
A bronze brazier
Amida Buddha
An iron nyoi
A Tokoname storage jar
A bronze brazier
