Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine
Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020
Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035
About this Item
A Japanese black and gilt lacquer 'fubako', Edo period, 17th/18th century
rectangular, the loose cover decorated in hiramaki-e against a roiro ground with three fans, depicting small birds amongst bamboo, an owl resting on a prunus branch and two figures with fans before a balustraded garden, the reverse with a rooster perched on a wine barrel, with a hen and three chicks below, gilt interior, the sides similarly decorated and applied with metal flowerhead-and-loop handles, nashiji base, losses, 5,3cm high, 24,4cm wide, 9cm deep