Baur

Cosmetic box (tebako 手箱), Harui Kômin

Lacquer ware
Japan

Subject/design:

On the cover, Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island with its torii erected in the sea.

On the back of the lid, a sailing boat loaded with rice bales with three sailors crossing to Miyajima.

Materials:

Maki-e lacquer and gold

Size:

14.4 x 23.7 x 28.2 cm

Place of origin:

Japan, Kyoto

Artist:

Harui Kômin 春井愃眠 (1869- after 1936)

Inventory number:

CB.LJ.1937.136

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard