A lacquer palanquin

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A lacquer palanquin
Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a roiro and nashiji ground, with the "Three Friends of Winter" motif of pine, bamboo and plum, the ginger-leaf (aoi) crests of the Tokugawa family and repeated scrolling karakusa and paulownia crests, each side with sliding doors fitted with bamboo blinds and upward-opening roof panels, the interior with papered sides decorated in ink, color and gold with landscapes featuring various flowers along with flying birds, all on a gold ground; with matching lacquered carrying pole
Palanquin 46 x 33 x 51in. (116.8 x 83.8 x 129.5cm.); carrying pole 186in. (472.4cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the similar palanquin sold in these Rooms, 23 March 2011, lot 816.

For a similar lacquer palanquin in the Tokyo National Museum, see Gorgeous Maki-e Lacquerware from the Edo Period (Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2002), no. 148.

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