Lot 88*
A small Ryukyu inlaid lacquered table (taku) 18th century
10 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £3,500
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A small Ryukyu inlaid lacquered table (taku)
18th century
Of rectangular form with galleried sides, supported on four shaped feet, bearing a roiro ground faded to dark brown and inlaid in aogai with an elaborate design of Chinese gentlemen, ladies and children in a broad garden with a pavilion in the centre, within a shaped panel flanked by formal designs, the sides decorated with similar scenes. 19cm x 64.8cm x 38.6cm (7½in x 25½in x 15¼in).
Of rectangular form with galleried sides, supported on four shaped feet, bearing a roiro ground faded to dark brown and inlaid in aogai with an elaborate design of Chinese gentlemen, ladies and children in a broad garden with a pavilion in the centre, within a shaped panel flanked by formal designs, the sides decorated with similar scenes. 19cm x 64.8cm x 38.6cm (7½in x 25½in x 15¼in).
Footnotes
花鳥文人庭園風景図琉球螺鈿蒔絵卓 18世紀
For a table of similar type, see Ryukyuan Lacquerware from the Urasoe Art Museum Collection, Cultural Treasures of the Ryukyu Kingdom, 1995, p.83, no.58. A box with a somewhat similar design is illustrated, ibid., p.65, no.39.
