Large lacquered box of the fumibako type, Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Large lacquered box of the fumibako type, Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) Rectangular in shape and containing a removable tray. Decorated on a nashiji background with a gold taka makie motif, brown, black, and red depicting a pair of pheasants—one perched on a sinuous trunk of a cherry tree in bloom and the other perched on a rock among water irises near a stylized body of water. The sides feature this delicate naturalistic design, blending flowering branches, grasses, and irises emerging fr

Category

Asian art

Location

Paris