Lot 176 A JAPANESE WAJIMA LACQUER 輪島塗 WOODEN CLOTHING RACK 衣桁 (IKÔ), 1928

A fantastic Wajima lacquer 輪島塗 wooden clothing rack 衣桁 (ikô), used for official displaying kimono.
The body of the rectangular detachable frame decorated with a design of crests 紋 (mon) depicting melons in a circle 丸井に木瓜 (maru ni mokkô), surrounded by scrolling foliage (karakusa).
Rendered in golden hiramaki-e 平蒔絵 (low-relief lacquer design) on a glossy black lacquer substrate 蝋色漆 (rôiro’urushi).
Height 158.4 cm, Width 172.5 cm.

Including original wooden tomobako 供箱 (storage box) with dated inscription: ‘Shôwa 3’ 昭和三年, Anno 1928.

In a very good condition with small restorations and minor old traces of use.

An ikô is a piece of interior furnishing documented to be used in Japan as early as the twelfth century. By the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, lacquer clothing stands had become a conventional item included in the bridal trousseau of wealthy women.

The kimono shown in the picture is included in this lot.

This stand can be shipped in individual parts and is easy to put together.