| | Stockno.: | K21-054 | Artist: | Haritani Yūsai (b. 1954) | Description: | Black lacquer natsume, decorated with two flying swallows in raised lacquer and branches of a weeping willow in gold lacquer. With cloth with artist's seal.
With paper box with artist’s seal and original box, signed Yūsai with artist’s seal. Inscription reads: ‘Swallows and weeping willow, maki-e, chū-natsume *middle sized natsume'(tsubane ni yanagi maki-e chū-natsume).
*Born in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Lacquerware artist who has won numerous awards and exhibited his work in many prestigious lacquerware exhibitions, such as the state-sponsered Nitten and the Japanese Crafts Exhibition, of which the artist is also a member (Nihon kōgeiten) . Studied lacquerware under prestigious lacquerware artisan Tsukata Toshio 塚田外志男 (1937-2020), who modernized the lacquerware field and painted with lacquer. Further studied traditional Japanese lacquerware techniques under Yoshita Toshiaki 吉田利昭 (b.1940). Currently also teaches other artists about Kaga lacquerware techniques.
| Signed: | on cloth and paper box with artist's seal, on original box, Yūsai with artist's seal. | Size: | 6.8 cm (Height), 6.9 cm (Width) | Condition: | | Price: | Euro 650 SOLD | Reference: | | | | |
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