Description A LOT WITH A DRUM SHAPED LACQUERED SAKE SET AND A LACQUER BOX, 19th CENTURYJapan, 19th centuryThe sake set in shape of a drum, with a silvered metal fitting on top, the interior finely decorated with a lacquered nashiji ground, the top depicting a string formation in red takamaki-e (high relief), three-clawed dragons with kirigane on the side, and the bottom with a gold sprinkled ground. Comes together with a lacquered box, displaying leafy chrysanthemums and butterflies, and a nashiji ground interior.SIZE 19.3 x 13.7 cmThe lacquered box comes with a wooden storage box. (2)Condition: The sake set in good condition with minor wear, surface scratches, nicks, and small age cracks. The box in worn condition, losses to the lacquer, notches, cracks, and surface scratches. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.