Tea caddy/ box - Wood - Tea box burgautée
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Meiji period Japanese lacquered black wooden tea box titled “Burgautée,” dating to circa 1900, with burgauté mother-of-pearl inlay on the lid and front, gold powder highlights on the landscape, and a fully engraved solid tin inner tub with still-present interior lids, measuring 10 cm wide by 18 cm deep by 5 cm high, in fairly good used condition with possible minor losses.
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Tea box "Burgautée" – Japan, Meiji period (around 1900) – Lacquer, Engraved Tin and Iridescent Nacre
Revised description
Exceptional Japanese tea box in black lacquered wood, dating from the 1900s.
Lacquer work "Burgauté": The lid and front are adorned with a rich Burgauté décor (inlays of burgau nacre) depicting a pheasant among peonies. The burgau nacre is famous for its intense iridescence, ranging from emerald green to purplish pink.
Gold details: Landscape enhanced with gold powder for the ground and the foliage.
Prestige interior: Unlike common models, this box contains a solid tin basin fully hand-engraved with floral motifs. It still has its inner lids (one being original tin), which is rare for the period.
Hinge to be refixed see photo.
Tea box "Burgautée" – Japan, Meiji period (around 1900) – Lacquer, Engraved Tin and Iridescent Nacre
Revised description
Exceptional Japanese tea box in black lacquered wood, dating from the 1900s.
Lacquer work "Burgauté": The lid and front are adorned with a rich Burgauté décor (inlays of burgau nacre) depicting a pheasant among peonies. The burgau nacre is famous for its intense iridescence, ranging from emerald green to purplish pink.
Gold details: Landscape enhanced with gold powder for the ground and the foliage.
Prestige interior: Unlike common models, this box contains a solid tin basin fully hand-engraved with floral motifs. It still has its inner lids (one being original tin), which is rare for the period.
Hinge to be refixed see photo.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Specific region of origin
Japon
Title additional information
Tea box burgautée
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Japan
Material
Wood
Dynastic style/period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Provenance
Auction house
Condition
Fair condition - heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing
Height
5 cm
Width
10 cm
Depth
18 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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