A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER STAND

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER STAND
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Elegantly modelled in the shape of an undulating sash curling at one end, the top decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and nashiji on a black roiro ground, with three geese in flight beside a full moon and above autumn grasses, bellflowers and leafy tendrils; the sides decorated with bands of shippo-tsunagi (cash design) enclosing four-petalled flower mon; 12.5cm x 74cm x 31.8cm.

Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection; purchased from M.C.N. Antiques (Umezawa), 4th November 2000; a copy of the original invoice is available.