JAPANESE WAJIMA-NURI LACQUER PLATE WITH GOLD CRANE MOTIF AND JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT

A JAPANESE WAJIMA-NURI LACQUER PLATE PRESENTED IN ITS ORIGINAL CLOTH-COVERED PRESENTATION BOX WITH SILK-LINED INTERIOR AND WRAPPING PAPER, ACCOMPANIED BY A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT.

THE LACQUER PLATE FEATURES A RED LACQUERED SURFACE WITH A BLACK LACQUERED RIM. THE CENTRAL DECORATION DEPICTS A PAIR OF CRANES RENDERED IN GOLD MAKI-E TECHNIQUE, SHOWN IN FLIGHT CARRYING A BRANCH. A SMALL RED SEAL MARK IS VISIBLE IN THE UPPER LEFT AREA OF THE PLATE SURFACE.

THE PRESENTATION BOX LID BEARS GOLD LETTERING READING 'WAJIMA-NURI' IN ROMANISED SCRIPT ALONGSIDE JAPANESE CHARACTERS, AND SMALLER ENGLISH TEXT READING 'THE VIRTUE OF WAJIMA LACQUER WARE' AND 'SPECIALTY OF JAPAN'. THE WRAPPING PAPER WITHIN THE BOX CARRIES A RECTANGULAR STAMP WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS DENOTING WAJIMA LACQUERWARE, ALONGSIDE A RED SEAL STAMP.

THE ACCOMPANYING WOODBLOCK PRINT DEPICTS A SNOW SCENE FEATURING A FIVE-STOREY PAGODA, IDENTIFIED BY JAPANESE CHARACTERS IN THE UPPER RIGHT AS YASAKA NO TO (YASAKA PAGODA). A PINE TREE LADEN WITH SNOW OCCUPIES THE LEFT FOREGROUND, WITH SNOW-COVERED ROOFTOPS IN THE LOWER PORTION. A RED ARTIST SEAL IS VISIBLE IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. THE PRINT IS MOUNTED ON CREAM CARD WITH AN EMBOSSED WOVEN-PATTERN BORDER.

IDENTIFICATION:
* ORIGIN: JAPANESE
* TYPE: WAJIMA-NURI LACQUERWARE PLATE WITH WOODBLOCK PRINT
* PERIOD: MID TO LATE 20TH CENTURY
* MARKS: RED SEAL ON PLATE SURFACE, JAPANESE CHARACTER STAMPS AND RED SEAL ON WRAPPING PAPER, GOLD LETTERING ON BOX LID, RED ARTIST SEAL ON WOODBLOCK PRINT

CONDITION NOTES:
* LACQUER PLATE SHOWS MINOR SURFACE DUST AND LIGHT SCATTERED MARKS ACROSS THE RED SURFACE
* GOLD CRANE DECORATION APPEARS INTACT
* BLACK LACQUER RIM SHOWS MINOR SURFACE WEAR
* WRAPPING PAPER SHOWS AGE-RELATED CREASING AND LIGHT FOXING
* WOODBLOCK PRINT MOUNT CARD SHOWS FOXING AND AGE-RELATED TONING
* MINOR SOILING VISIBLE AT EDGES AND CORNERS OF PRINT MOUNT

INCLUSIONS:
* LACQUER PLATE
* ORIGINAL CLOTH-COVERED PRESENTATION BOX WITH SILK LINING AND WRAPPING PAPER
* JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT ON MOUNTED CARD

Item Size: Height: 15cm, Width: 25cm, Depth: 20cm, Weight: 5Kg

Mid-Century Modern (1940-1970); Mid To Late 20Th Century; Japanese; Wajima-Nuri; Japanese Characters Stamped On Wrapping Paper Within Box, Reading Wajima Lacquerware. Red Seal Stamp Also Present On Wrapping. Small Red Seal Mark Visible On The Plate Surface Upper Left Area. Gold Lettering On Box Lid Reads 'Wajima-Nuri' In Romanised Script Alongside Japanese Characters. Red Artist Seal Visible Lower Left Of Woodblock Print.; Lacquer; Lacquer Plate Shows Minor Surface Dust And Light Scattered Marks

Condition: Good

334402+4

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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