Wine Ewer with Design of Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields, ca. 1596

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Wine Ewer with Design of Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields, Momoyama period (1573–1615), ca. 1596, Japan, Lacquered wood with sprinkled gold (makie) decoration in Kōdaiji style, H. (incl. handle) 10 in. ( cm); Diam. 7 in. ( cm); W. (including spout) 10 1/8 in. ( cm), Lacquer, This vessel may have been used by the powerful and flamboyant general Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 – 1598), who unified Japan in the 1590s. His mausoleum, Kōdaiji, was furnished with lacquers produced by the Kōami workshop, featuring close-ups of autumn plants and Toyotomi family crests

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