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A WOOD SENCHA TRAY A MATCHING SET OF LACQUERED-
By Oseki, Meiji era (1868-1912), tsukuru with a seal Tairei, 1.7cm x 26.1cm x WOOD SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR
late 19th/early 20th century 19.2cm (5/8in x 10¼in x 7½in); the second WRITING UTENSILS) AND RYOSHIBAKO
Carved in the form of a folding wind-blown a square box and cover lacquered with an (DOCUMENT BOX)
ornamental basho (Japanese fibre banana) uzumaki (spiral) motif overlapping with gohei By Kiyoshi, Showa period (1926-1989),
with a snail crawling on the top; signed on the (strips of white paper used in Shinto rituals) early-mid 20th century
underside with a carved signature Oseki saku enclosed within a circle, the inside of the cover Each of standard rectangular form with
with a kao. 48.5cm (19 1/16in) long. signed with a seal Tairei, carved on the base rounded edges and inrobuta (flush-fitting lids),
Ume [...] within a circle, 3.3cm x 8.4cm x 7cm decorated in green, red and grey takamaki-e
£1,500 - 1,800 (1¼in x 3¼in x 2¾in), with a wood tomobako, with tall stalks of bearded irises, the leaves
JPY230,000 - 270,000 titled Kamakura moyo kobako (small box with extending over the sides, the interior of
US$2,100 - 2,500 Kamakura motif), the inside of the lid signed both boxes of polished black lacquer, the
Showa nijurokunen haru Tairei saku (made by suzuribako fitted with a roiro tray containing
182 * Tairei in spring 1951) with a seal Tairei. (5). the inkstone and water-dropper (lacking);
each signed inside the lids in gold lacquer
A LACQUERED-PAULOWNIA £500 - 600 Kiyoshi saku. The ryoshibako: 12.5cm x 36cm
RECTANGULAR TRAY AND A JPY76,000 - 91,000 x 27cm (4 7/8in x 14 1/16in x 10 9/16in); the
SMALL WOOD BOX AND COVER US$710 - 850 suzuribako: 4.5cm x 23.5cm x 15.2cm
By Takai Tairei (1880-1971), Taisho (1¾in x 9¼in x 6in). (6).
(1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, Takai Tairei was a pupil of Ikeda Taishin (1825-
mid 20th century 1903), the most successful of Zeshin’s pupils, £800 - 1,000
Comprising a tray decorated with Rinpa-style and also studied under Akatsuka Jitoku JPY120,000 - 150,000
crashing waves lacquered in gold takamaki-e (1871-1936), one of the leading lacquer artists US$1,100 - 1,400
with tetsusabinuri texture over a polished of the time. Like Taishin, Tairei produced many
paulownia ground, signed in gold lacquer works in makie-e on wood in Zeshin style. He
Tairei, with a wood tomobako titled Mizu no exhibited at the fourth and fifth Nitten (Japan
zu kiribon (Paulownia-wood box with a design Fine Arts Exhibition) in 1948 and 1949.
of water), the inside of the lid signed Tairei

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