Hirobuta

Very high quality black lacquered tray (hirobuta) with rounded corners, displaying a blossoming lespeza branch, an Eboshi Samurai hat with hat band and a closed court fan in gold maki-e.
With original marked lacquered transport box.
Hikitate Eboshi (boshi), refers to a type of hat worn throughout historical Japan which was uniformly black in color. The name translates to “bird hat” because it resembles the feathers of a black bird.
Height 6.1 cm; width 59.6 cm; depth 42.4 cm

Taishō period (1912-1926)