Writing box (suzuribako 硯箱), Shirayama Shôsai
Lacquer ware
Japan
Subject/design:
Feathers strewn on the lid ; on the back of the lid, a large katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum.
Materials:
Polychrome togidashi, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e lacquer, kirigane
Date:
Meiji era (1868-1912)
Size:
4.8 x 19.8 x 21.7 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Shirayama Shôsai 白山松哉 (1853-1923)
Inventory number:
CB.LJ.1925.137
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard