SHIKKEN DOMOTO 1889 – 1964

A PALE YELLOW LACQUER ACCESSORY BOX (TEBAKO) WITH A GRAPE-VINE DECORATION.

THE ELDER BROTHER OF FAMOUS JAPANESE STYLE PAINTER INSHO DOMOTO, SHIKKEN DOMOTO WAS BORN IN KYOTO AND WAS INSTRUCTED IN LACQUER TECHNIQUES BY KOSHITSU TOMITA.
A LEADER IN HIS FIELD IN THE KYOTO-OSAKA-KOBE AREA, HE PARTECIPATED IN MANY EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE TEITEN, SHIN BUNTEN AND NITTEN EXHIBITIONS.
AS THIS BOX SHOWS MAKI-E AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY CHARACTERIZE HIS WORK.

DIM. CM. 30,5 X 16 X H. 12
PERIOD: SHOWA 1940
ORIGINAL TOMOBAKO