松竹桜家紋蒔絵櫛台, Cosmetic Stand with Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom from a Wedding Set, early 19th century

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松竹桜家紋蒔絵櫛台, Cosmetic Stand with Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom from a Wedding Set, Edo period (1615–1868), early 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 12 1/2 in. ( cm); D. 10 1/8 in. ( cm), Lacquer, This cosmetic stand, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thirty-one pieces, represents late Edo-period maki-e (decoration in gold and/or silver sprinkled powder) art at its finest. The Shimazu family, lords of Satsuma in Kyushu, ordered this traditional trousseau most likely for Taka-hime, who was married to Matsudaira Sadakazu, lord of Kuwana (Ise Province), around 1830

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