Matsuda Gonroku (1896-1986)A lacquer natsume (tea container)Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th centuryBearing a nashiji ground and decorated in gold takamaki-e with large tsubaki (camellia) blooms and details of inlaid gold and aogai, the interior nashiji, signed Gonroku 2 7/8in (7.2cm) high注脚ProvenancePreviously sold, these Rooms, March 19, 2013, lot 2293Bonhams, London, May 11, 2010, lot 285For the career of this towering figure in the world of twentieth-century lacquer, see the recently published translation of his memoirs: Michael Brase and Makiko Komada tr., The Book of Urushi: Japanese Lacquerware from a Master, Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019