19TH CENTURY

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A Japanese Nagasaki Export lacquer travelling desk
19th Century
Inlaid in aogai and decorated in gold and iroe hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, the top with an oval panel depicting a battle scene inscribed below 'Zeeslag tusschen de Bataafsche en Engelsche Vlooten op de hoogte van Egmond, den Eled: October 1797' (Naval battle between the Batavian and English fleets near Egmond, the Eled: October 1797), surrounded overall with ho-o birds and scattered flowers, one side set with a drawer, opening to an interior fitted with two hinged plaques forming the writing slope below four compartments at the top, damaged

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Lot Essay

This type of export lacquer that was made in large quantities during the 19th Century, is known as Nagasaki ware. The shapes are usually after a European prototype and the lacquer inlaid with paper-thin mother-of-pearl backed with colours. For similar examples see Nihon bijutsu no naka no seiyo, Western Influence on Japanese Art, 16th - 19th Century, Fukuoka, pls. 71, 72, 74, 78 and 79.

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