Edo-period lacquer panel
Price: € 400,00
An Edo-period export-lacquer furniture panel, originally part of a tilt-top table.
Rectangular in form with an undulating edge, the panel is decorated with an expansive landscape seen from a bird’s-eye perspective. Large sailing vessels move through winding rivers set within a mountainous terrain covered with pine forests, while a village is nestled along the left side of the composition. The edges are finished with a scrolling foliate pattern.
The decoration is executed in takamaki-e 高蒔絵 (high-relief lacquer) in shades of gold and silver on a glossy black rôiro urushi 蝋色漆 ground.
Period: Japan, late 18th to early 19th century (Edo period).
Dimensions:
Height 53 cm, width 52.5 cm, depth 4.8 cm.
In good restored condition, with traces of wear consistent with age, including areas of softened or worn gilding. Please refer to the photographs for a clear impression of the condition.
