A Fine Japanese Lacquer Tray - Tsubas Design- Meiji
July 2014 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a handsome Japanese lacquer tray with a design of three Tsuba (Japanese Sword Guards) executed in makie lacquer on a shiny black roiro ground. Three different types of gold lacquer are used in this piece - Makie (low relief), Takamakie (high relief) and Kana-gai (small squares of gold leaf inlaid in a pattern) to form the designs of the Tsubas...