A Japanese Lacquer box ryoshibako
Lacquered wood: black ro-ironuri background and gold-dust hiramakie decoration in the Kodaiji-makie style.The box is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slightly domed lid with a central lobed coved edge.The lid features an elegant gold lacquer decoration depicting large corollas of kiku chrysanthemums and kiri pawlonia flowers surrounded by flowering tendrils.Both flowers are imperial symbols, primarily used to depict coats of arms; here, however, they are treated with a naturalistic spirit in the typical Kodaiji-makie style.These black-ground lacquer objects with rich gold-dust floral decorations were created in the late 16th century by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his wife. Some are still preserved at the Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto, known as the Temple of Maki-e.The box was displayed at the Mao Museum in Turin for the exhibition "Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers"https://www.maotorino.it/it/evento/hanauri/
Edo Period early 18 th century
Japan
Lacquered wood: black ro-ironuri background and gold-dust hiramakie decoration in the Kodaiji-makie style.The box is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slightly domed lid with a central lobed coved edge.The lid features an elegant gold lacquer decoration depicting large corollas of kiku chrysanthemums and kiri pawlonia flowers surrounded by flowering tendrils.Both flowers are imperial symbols, primarily used to depict coats of arms; here, however, they are treated with a naturalistic spirit in the typical Kodaiji-makie style.These black-ground lacquer objects with rich gold-dust floral decorations were created in the late 16th century by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his wife. Some are still preserved at the Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto, known as the Temple of Maki-e.The box was displayed at the Mao Museum in Turin for the exhibition "Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers"https://www.maotorino.it/it/evento/hanauri/ - Schreiber Collezioni