Project Description
Rituso style wood suzuribako with hare and the moon
The box of cypress wood with ridged grain, the beveled edge with gold lacquer karakusa decoration. The inside with a sparrow diving past a well bucket towards an open walnut shell. The brush is also decorated with a well bucket and the copper water dropper is in the form of a well pulley
Signed on the interior Sonogo zo with seal Nomura. First half 18th century
23.5 by 20cm
Information:
To date I have found no more information about this lacquerer, though it is interesting to note that the seal suggests a connection with Nomura Chohei
MR1449