宋 剔彩菊花紋蓋盒5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) long, inscribed Japanese box
前山久吉(1872-1937)珍藏 東京市美術俱樂部,1941年2月18日,拍品136
The interior of the box is inscribed in ink, stating that the carved lacquer box was given to Nishimura Shijun by the lord of the Owari-Tokugawa Clan when he made a trip to the Nagato province. The inscription is dated to 1864 and signed by Gensensai (1833-1908), studio name Shigetsu-an IV, with seal, Soyu Bosai. It is interesting to note that the style of carving of this box and cover is related a dish in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, decorated to the centre with boys in a moonlit garden and encircled by a broad band of leaves and flowers, illustrated by Derek Clifford in Chinese Carved Lacquer, London, 1992, p. 27, pl. 13. Another stylistically related lacquer bowl and stand of similar carving style and dating is in the collection of the Linden Museum Stuttgart, illustrated by Klaus J. Brandt in Chinesische Lackarbeiten, Stuttgart, 1988, p. 67, fig. 21.