A Nagasaki-style black-lacquered square table


Edo period (1615-1868), first half of the 19th centuryA Nagasaki-lacquer square four-legged table with integral baseboard in Chinese style, the top and baseboard decorated in thinly cut iridescent shell on black lacquer respectively with a sparrow and camellia and a sparrow and clematis, the sides and legs decorated in the same techniques with geometric and floral pattern; with a wooden storage box with paper label inscribed Nagasaki kai takajoku, Noguchike zo (Nagasaki-style lacquer table with high legs in the collection of Noguchi Family). 39.1cm x 24.6cm x 24.6cm (15¾in x 9 5/8in x 9 5/8in). (2).