Tea Caddy with Knotweed Design (Translation)
虎杖蒔絵平棗 昭和時代 二代砺波宗斎 (Primary Title)

Tonami Sosai II, Japanese, 1918-2004 (Artist)

1980–2000
Japanese
Lacquer on wood, maki-e, egg shell, mother-of-pearl inlay
Overall: 2 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (6.67 × 8.57 cm)
2019.31a-b
Not on view
Showa period (1926-1989)
宗斎作 (made by Sosai), incised underside of tea caddy
See Inscription
Storage box: 虎杖蒔絵平棗, 宗斎作 (Itadori makie tea caddy, made by Sosai) with two artist's seals; 宗 (so), 斎 (sai)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment

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