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SEKIJOKEN TAIZAN MOTOZANE (1741-1830) KOMAI STUDIO
A fine three-case silver and shakudo sheath inro A gilt-decorated iron one-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1825 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The exterior case of shakudo and decorated in gold and shibuichi Of oval section and decorated in gold nunomezogan with rectangular
takazogan with a pair of cranes in a landscape with a fruiting peach panels of a rooster and hen beneath peonies and a temple complex,
extending to the opposite side with reishi fungus and rock and partially the surrounding areas decorated with geometric patterns, the top and
silhouetted against openwork clouds, the silver interior case etched bottoms imitating Gyobu nashiji, signed Dai Nihon Kyoto no ju Komai
with flowering bush clover along a stream, the base of the outer sei; fitted with an iron manju-style netsuke decorated with blossoming
case incised Bunsei shichi, kinoe-saru, shichigatsu gyonen hachijugo flowers and a recumbent fox in gold nunomezogan
Mito no ju Sekijoken Taizan Motozane kincho (respectfully made by 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
Sekijoken Taizan Motozane of Mito at the age of 85, in the seventh
month of 1824); fitted with a coral-colored bead US$1,500 - 2,000
2 5/8in (6.6cm) long
US$3,000 - 4,000
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