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Portable picnic set sagejûbako, Japanese, Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912, 19th century. Rectangular cabinet without side walls on a stand; two food containers stacked on the stand set incomplete; originally four; two tin sake bottles on a stand beside the containers. Top tabletop has a handle, one small drawer, and a shelf for trays trays missing. Exterior covered with black roiro-nuri lacquer; interiors of food containers covered with vermilion lacquer. Surface ornament executed in hiramaki-e and nashiji techniques, depicting blooming wisteria, camellias, plum trees, wolfberries, mon, leaves, and rosettes coins. Such portable eating sets were called in Japan kôchô, sagejû, hanami bentô and were popular from the Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th century and in the 18th–19th centuries. Item; height 31.3 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 17.8 cm, weight 2.29 kg., A small lacquered wooden stand with a handle on top sits beside a group of decorative boxes and two metal bottles; the stand is dark brown or black with gold painted floral motifs and gold-trimmed cutout sides, and the boxes are dark brown or black on the outside with bright red interiors and gold floral and geometric decorations, while the metal bottles are a dull silver-gray; the surface under the objects is a pale gray and the background is a similar pale gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A22_066

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.1Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Portable picnic set sagejûbako Japanese Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912 19th century Rectangular cabinet side walls stand two food containers stacked incomplete originally four two tin sake bottles stand beside containers Top tabletop handle small drawer shelf trays missing Exterior covered black roiro-nuri lacquer interiors food containers covered vermilion lacquer Surface ornament executed hiramaki-e nashiji techniques depicting blooming wisteria camellias plum trees wolfberries mon leaves rosettes coins portable eating sets called Japan kôchô sagejû hanami bentô popular Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th century 18th–19th centuries Item height 31.3 cm width 30.5 cm depth 17.8 cm weight 2.29 kg small lacquered wooden stand top sits beside group decorative boxes two metal dark brown black gold painted floral motifs gold-trimmed cutout sides boxes outside bright red interiors gold floral geometric decorations metal bottles dull silver-gray surface under objects pale gray background pale gray.