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