Lot 350
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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, ENGLAND] JAPANESE LACQUER INCENSE CASE (KOGO)
BY YAMAZAKI MUSHU (BORN 1966)
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
山崎夢舟 蒔繪漆圓盒
the elongated circular box decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e, high-relief takamaki-e, with embellishments of gold hirame flakes and kinpun powder, depicting a wild boar sleeping under the mother-of-pearl inlaid crest moon, the interior and base finished in dense gold nashiji, the base with signature reading "Mushū" in black lacquer
Dimensions
9cm diameter x 2.1cm high
Provenance
Private English Collection, England
Footnote
Born the eldest son of a lacquerer, in his late teens, Yamazaki Mushū (birthname: Atsushi) entered the workshop of Nakamura Shūzō to receive instruction in the techniques of Kaga maki-e, a regional style of lacquer decoration dating back to the time of Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658), lord of Kaga Province (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture). In 1990, he assumed his artistic name Mushū, written with two characters meaning "Dream Boat," that express his determination to use the ancient art of lacquering as the vessel through which his creative vision can be given tangible physical form. He has constantly developed new styles of expression without ever deviating from the exacting artistic and technical standards he absorbed as a young apprentice, deploying an unusually wide range of hues, including not only metallic gold and silver but also colored lacquer. A lacquer tea caddy made by him in 2008 is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object Number: 2010.446.A-B.