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Yamamoto Shunshō
Chest of Drawers with Design of the "Eight Views of Ōmi"mid-Edo period, 1615-1868

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Small Japanese lacquer cabinet with amber-brown ground, gold makie landscape decoration depicting pavilions and rocky outcroppings, with dark metal hardware and ring handle
Japanese lacquer cabinet with two doors, decorated in gold and silver maki-e technique depicting a mountain landscape with a pavilion and arched bridge; fitted with cloud-shaped gilt metal hinges and a ring handle on the side.
Japanese lacquered cabinet with two open doors revealing five drawers, decorated overall in gold maki-e with scattered autumn grasses, flowers, and foliage on a dark ground; metal ring pulls and shaped corner fittings on doors.
Japanese lacquer cabinet with gold and brown maki-e decoration depicting a landscape with water, pine trees, rocks, and a small animal figure; three decorative metal hinges on the left side and a ring handle with floral fitting on top.
Japanese lacquer cabinet with gold and brown nashiji ground, decorated with a maki-e landscape scene of a wooden bridge over stylized waves, with pine trees and clouds; metal ring handle at top and three lobed metal clasp fittings along the right edge.
Rectangular wooden storage box with a sliding front panel, natural wood grain visible throughout; Japanese calligraphy inscribed on the front panel and a small paper label at lower left.
Japanese lacquer cabinet with two doors, decorated in gold maki-e technique depicting a pavilion on a raised platform among rocky landscape with trees and a moon; ornate gilded metal hinges and central clasp with scrolling relief patterns.
Rectangular Japanese lacquer box with gold nashiji ground, decorated in maki-e technique with a landscape scene of mountains, water, a pavilion on an island, and a flock of birds in flight, rendered in gold and dark bluish-gray tones.
Japanese lacquer box lid with gold maki-e decoration on a dark ground, depicting autumn grasses, flowering plants, and curved stream banks against a gold-sprinkled nashiji background, with cloud-shaped metal fittings along the right edge.
Japanese lacquerwork detail depicting a rocky mountain landscape in gold and dark brown, with fine nashiji (sprinkled gold) ground, delicate tree foliage, and a silver metal fitting with floral relief at lower right.
Close-up detail of a Japanese lacquer screen hinge: two silver metal clasps with engraved scrolling foliage join the panels, set against a gold nashiji ground with pine trees rendered in fine gold lacquerwork.
Ink painting on brown silk or paper, depicting stylized rock formations and bamboo stalks, with two columns of Chinese calligraphy in bold brushwork at center and right.
Close-up of a Japanese lacquerwork surface: a scallop-edged silver metal fitting with punched scrolling arabesque patterns, set against a black ground densely sprinkled with gold (nashiji), with gilt floral and foliage motifs visible at upper right.
Aged paper label affixed to a dark wooden surface, bearing a vertical column of Japanese calligraphy in black brush script on speckled gray paper.
Artist or Maker
Yamamoto Shunshō
Japan, active 17th-19th centuries
Title
Chest of Drawers with Design of the "Eight Views of Ōmi"
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-Edo period, 1615-1868
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Lacquer over wood; gold and silver leaf, flakes, and powder (makie); silver mounts
Dimensions
Overall: 14 5/8 x 18 7/8 x 12 in. (37.15 x 47.94 x 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2003 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2003.60a-h
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art