Description
BRUSH HOLDER
made of bamboo with a beautiful patina, enhanced with gold lacquer, the rim carved in relief with a Chinese-style landscape, featuring pavilions nestled in the mountains amongst pine trees and rocks, and criss-crossed by a stream spanned by a bridge, with figures and a boat moving through the scene; the upper edge forms clouds, and some of the trees are lacquered in gold. On an octagonal base of brown lacquered wood with nashiji finish.
(Base detached).
Japan, Edo period (1603–1862), 18th–19th centuries.
A GOLD-LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH–19TH CENTURIES.
HEIGHT: 12.5 CM (4 15/16 IN.) – HEIGHT (WITH BASE): 15 CM (5 15/16 IN.)
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