| | Stockno.: | K22-074 | Artist: | Sasaki Reiho | Description: | Dark brown lacquer Kinrin-ji natsume (lid wider than body) decorated with akikusa (autumn plants, a common design motif in Japanese art) in gold and red lacquer. Depicted are five of the seven pants of autumn: the Chinese bellflower, pampas grass, bush clover, maiden flower and boneset. Black lacquer interior and bottom. The Kinrin-ji shape natsume is named after Kinrin temple. Legend says emperor Godaigo prepared tea for a monk in the mountains and to do so made a tea container from mountain ivy, naming it ‘kinrin-ji’. With original signed box.
Size: 7x7x7 cm.
*Lacquer artist, from 1968 onward known as lacquer maki-e artisan specializing in natsume and kōgō. Has won a prize from the Lacquer Association and won a prize at the Japan Crafts Exhibition. Working and residing in Fukui in Fukui prefecture. The famous Japanese department store Mitsukoshi Isetan carries a small selection of his lacquer tea utensils. | Signed: | on box: Reiho with artist’s seal reading Reiho. | Size: | 7x7x7 cm. | Condition: | | Price: | Euro 375 SOLD | Reference: | | | | |
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