A RARE LACQUERED WOOD ‘INSECTS’ YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET), WITH A FINE LACQUERED STORAGE BOX
拍卖行: Galerie Zacke
专场: 日本艺术精选专场:秋季版
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A RARE LACQUERED WOOD ‘INSECTS’ YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET), WITH A FINE LACQUERED STORAGE BOX Japan, mid-19th century, late Edo period (1615-1868) The yatate carved from wood and richly decorated in gold and iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a lively composition of insects, including a dragonfly, wasp, mosquito, and various beetles, rendered with delicate attention to form and detail. The accompanying box is of upright rectangular form, the lustrous roiro ground finely decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with two family crests (mon) featuring autumn bellflowers (kikyo), associated with the Koga family. The box is fitted with metal loops to either side and finished to the interior in fine nashiji. SIZE 3.5 x 6 x 20.4 cm (box), LENGTH 18 cm (yatate) Auction comparison: Compare a related yatate, by Ikeda Taishin, dated to the 19th century, 19.1 cm long, at Zacke, Asian Art Discoveries, 24 July 2025, Vienna, lot 298 (sold for EUR 2,080).
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