Catalogue Archive → Mai 2014 → A lacquered cover box with chickens
Japan, Meiji-period (1868-1912). Black lacquer on a wooden body with gold and heightened polychrome decoration (takamakie). Rectangular box, the cover with a large depiction of rooster, hen and poults. Sign. 'Tamaya'. Inside with strewn gold lacquer (nashiji). Partly rest. 25 x 22 cm.