A Japanese Lacque box Kobako
Decorated with makie on black backgronudThe rectangular box with sharp edges and a flat-sided lid features a black lacquer base with gold splashes on the lid and sides, accented by a decoration depicting large peony flowers in gold and silver lacquer.The inside of the lid features the Japanese Red Cross emblem.The rich decoration of this box delicately expresses the meaning of beauty and prosperity implicit in floral images.The artist captured the rarefied atmosphere created around the flowers, choosing the muted shine of semi-gloss gold to convey the sensation of a light mist.The box was exhibited at the Mao Museum in Turin for the exhibition "Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers" https://www.maotorino.it/it/evento/hanauri/Good condition, with some small defects.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japan
Decorated with makie on black backgronudThe rectangular box with sharp edges and a flat-sided lid features a black lacquer base with gold splashes on the lid and sides, accented by a decoration depicting large peony flowers in gold and silver lacquer.The inside of the lid features the Japanese Red Cross emblem.The rich decoration of this box delicately expresses the meaning of beauty and prosperity implicit in floral images.The artist captured the rarefied atmosphere created around the flowers, choosing the muted shine of semi-gloss gold to convey the sensation of a light mist.The box was exhibited at the Mao Museum in Turin for the exhibition "Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers" https://www.maotorino.it/it/evento/hanauri/Good condition, with some small defects. - Schreiber Collezioni