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OKABE SAIKEN 岡部斎賢
A set of five kashizara (sweet trays) Japan, Meiji era (1868–
1912), 1902
Each rectangular and carved in bamboo respectively as insect-eaten
leaves; leafing bean plants; curling leaves with gourds, grapes and
leaves; a cicada on a gourd leaf; and a water pail with vines and
blossoming morning glories, the reverse of the last tray carved with
the inscription Morai mizu chiyo
With a wooden tomobako storage box, the exterior of the lid
inscribed Gotsuruyose kashizara 五蔓寄菓子皿 (Sweet trays with five
creepers), the reverse dated and signed Meiji sanjūgonen . . . ke no
tame bihin Okabe Saiken tō 明治参拾五年為 . . . 家備品 岡部斎賢
刀 (Carved by Okabe Saiken for the . . . family in 1902)
Each 1 × 5 × 4in (2.6 × 12.7 × 10.2cm)
US$6,000 - 8,000
The inscription on the reverse of one of the trays is taken from a
haiku poem by the leading poetess Kaga no Chiyome (1703-1775):
): Asagao ni / tsurube torarete / moraimizu
朝顔に
つるべ取られ
て
もらい水
(By morning glory /
the well-bucket entangled
/ I ask
for water)
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IKEDA SAKUMI I 初代池田作美 (IKEDA FUMIKICHI 池田二三吉,
1886–1955)
A mulberry-wood incense tray in the form of a gourd plant
Japan, Showa (1926–1989) era, circa 1930–1940
The well-patinated and polished timber carved in the form of a giant
gourd, with a much smaller gourd, tendrils, and leaf forming the
handle, further leaves and the stalk beneath
With a wooden tomobako storage box, the exterior of the lid
inscribed Kuwa hisago-mon kōrodai 桑瓢文 高炉台 (Mulberry-wood
incense-burner stand in the form of a gourd), the interior of the lid
signed . . . Sakumi 作美 with a seal Ikeda Sakumi 池田作美
21 1/4 × 15 3/4in (54 × 40cm)
US$3,000 - 4,000
For Ikeda Sakumi I, please refer to the footnote to lot 5048.
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