Lot 388 - A213AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia, Islamic Art - Tuesday, 17. June 2025, 03.00 PM
A SMALL LACQUERD BOX BY SARATANI TOMIZO (*1949).
Japan, 2007, 8.5 × 8.5 × 4 cm.
Small casket made of lignum vitae decorated in polychrome takamakie with shells, the inside of the cover shows a single shell in relief medallion on okibirame. With tomobako, inscribed 'Shiohi' (shellfish gathering) and signed Tomizô.
Provenance: Malcom Fairley, 21 June 2007 (invoice available). Swiss private collection.
CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Sold for CHF 2 875 (including buyer's premium)