Fumibako in Somada style

Description:

Japan, signed on the base Kanshôsai, Meiji period, 19th cent.
L. 20,5 cm
Roiro-nuri, decoration in iroe hiramakie and inlays with flowers and a carp hanging from a flagpole, for the celebration of the boys' festival on 5 May, inside dense nashiji.
From an old North German private collection, acquired between 1992 and 1994, this fumibako purchased at Christie's London, 15 November 1993, lot 318 - Minimal signs of age