Baur

Natsume tea caddy, Uzawa Shôgetsu

Lacquer ware
Japan

Subject/design:

On the lid, an unrolled scroll with the text of the Heart Sutra (Hannya-kyô).

On the side, within a foliate medallion, the bodhisattva Kannon meditating, seated on a rock near the sea.

Materials:

Lacquer, aogai inlay

Date:

Early 20th century

Size:

Height 5.9 cm

Place of origin:

Japan

Artist:

Uzawa Shôgetsu 鵜沢松月 (c. 1877 - after 1937)

Inventory number:

CB.LJ.1930.104

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard