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Antique Japanese Carved Mingei Tray with Bat, Kinkoku browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1900: item # 793731 Please refer to our stock # MOR2397 when inquiring.
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| A wooden tray carved worm eaten kiri with the image of a red lacquered flying bat, the wormed sections acting like clouds in the dark wood night sky. This tray was purposely made, carved using an existing piece of wormed wood which exemplifies the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi. The wood is quite thick, 2 cm thick on the edge, the tray measuring roughly 11 inches (28 cm) square, 1-1/2 inches (4 cm) to the rim. It is perfect for service of Sencha tea. The tray is signed beneath Kinkoku and comes in an age darkened wooden box titled Yamamoto Kinkoku Okina Komori-e, Jidai Kiri Shiho Ko-bon (The old man Yamamoto Kinkoku bat image, period kiri-wood square incense tray). Kinkoku (1811-1873) was born under the shadow of Tsuwano castle (Shimane), the son of Samurai artist Yoshida Houemon. He studied under several teachersin his home fief and in Tokyo, including Watanabe Kazan. After the fall f the Shogunate, he moved to Tokyo, maintining a residence there while traveling throughout Japan. He died on one of his many journeys at the age of 63. | ||||||||||||||
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