A JAPANESE NAMBAN BLACK AND RED LACQUER TIERED BOX AND COVER MOMOYAMA/ EDO PERIOD The overall...

A JAPANESE NAMBAN BLACK AND RED LACQUER TIERED BOX AND COVER

MOMOYAMA/ EDO PERIOD

The overall body with a central detachable section with three internal struts, the exterior decorated with roundels containing the character yanagi (willow) in mother of pearl in shaped cartouches reserved on a mother of pearl ground, the whole raised on four short cabriole legs, 23cm x 39cm x 32xcm. (3)

Cf. L Vinhais and J Welsh, After the Barbarians, Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch markets, p.292, no.37 for a similar box.