Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art (9)

Bucket used to collect the sap of the Rhus Vernicifluum tree, first step in the process of lacquer elaboration. Nice traces of use and time. Meiji period. Birch bark. High : 24 cm, diam. : 16 cm.

Umimatsu cup. Late Edo. 7,5 x 6 x 3 cm Minimally sculpted, this cup as a particularly elegant form, including an handle, mostly coming from the natural form of the Umimatsu (black coral) root. Cannot be exported.

Lacquerer board. Early Meiji period. Coats of lacquer, wears and splashes due to a long time use. Inscription on the reverse. 40 x 28 x 4,5 cm

Large mingei negoro tray. Edo period. Made of a rought piece of sugi (japanese cedar). The inner part has been lacquered with a fine negoro. The borders, following the natural lines of the wood, have been sculpted in a very unusual and interesting form. 34 x 30 x 7 cm.

Complete set of 4 Negoro bowls. Middle of the Edo period (late 17th to early 18th c.). Very smooth and shiny surface and a particularly deep orange-vermilion, caracteristic of the period. A damage on the border of the larger one. Signed. Diam. 14,2 cm, 13,3 cm, 12,7 cm and 12 cm

Particularly rare Netsuke representing a dutchman holding a hen. Edo period (18th c.). Delicate patina and wear. Ivory. 8,2 x 3 x 1 cm. (No exportation)

Sagemono made of armor’s fragments. Probably mounted during the early Edo with elements dating from the Muromachi period. 9 x 6,5 x 6 cm.

Tiles and fragments from the safavid period (17th c.). Cuerda seca technique. Variable dimensions. Even if damaged or used, each one still has a particular strength in design and colors.

Negoro Marubon (circular tray). Late Muromachi to early Momoyama period -16th. Nice balance between the cinnabar shrinkage and the black lacquer underlying, due to a long time use. It is possible that the upper side as been later relacquered (18th c. ?) as orange-vermilion slightly appears under the dark brown lacquer coat. diam. 29 cm (11.4’’) With box.