Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 800
TWO JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL AND LACQUER DISHES
Estimate £600 - £1,000
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Description
TWO JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL AND LACQUER DISHES
SHŌWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY
The largest decorated with the eight trigrams rendered in aogai on the lustrous black roiro ground, with an inscribed tomobako (wood box), possibly by Wakajima Ryohei (d.1986); the other smaller one with a border of triangles, also with a tomobako, 24.6cm and 33.5cm. (4)