A circular red-lacquer panel


By Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Decorated with a flowering stalk of tsubabuki (Farfugium japonicum) in gold takamaki-e with details of tetsusabinuri texture over a polished red-lacquer ground, signed in gold lacquer Ikeda Taishin saku, resting on a separate elaborate pierced wood stand; with a wooden storage box. The panel: 18.4cm x 18.5cm (7¼in x 7¼in); the wood stand: 8.3cm x 13.5cm (3¼in x 5 5/8in). (3).