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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Tea Articles: Pre 1910: Item # 1454508

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Dmitry Levit Asian Art
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Late Meiji (1890s to 1912) Japanese ceramic covered box imitating a shape of a drum with nails along its perimeter and with thick enamel decoration of grasses with white flowers on the top, possibly to store cosmetics or to be used in tea ceremony. Very well made stoneware body with beautiful spiral lines on the bottom showing how the piece was taken off the potter’s wheel. Main body is covered in “shark skin” enamel and design on the top is done in moriage (piled-up) technique, which is rather unusual in ceramics (more common in metal arts such as champleve). Beautiful patina, some old stains testifying to the long life of the object. Comes from a Japanese collection, old gold lacquer repairs to several areas. Diameter 2 7/8 inches, height with cover 1 3/4 inches.