UNUSUAL LACQUERED 'FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO' CHEST
MEIJI PERIOD
£240
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the exterior lavishly decorated in gold-lacquer on a maroon ground with figures travelling through stations of the Tokaido, the rest areas along the 'Eastern Sea Route', each of the stations captioned in Japanese within a rectangular gold-lacquer cartouche
Dimensions
26.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.