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1299
KOBAYASHI CHIKAMITSU AND KAMATA MITSUYOSHI
(ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A silver kogo (incense container)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The exterior of the box worked on the surface to an ishime finish and
decorated with sasa (broad-leaf bamboo) by rocks in iro-e takazogan,
hirazogan, shishiaibori, and kebori, the interior with a poem engraved
in katakiribori, signed to the left of the design Chikamitsu (for the
decoration) and on the underside in an engraved signature Ginsei
Mitsuyoshi (for construction of the box) and with a kao
With a wood tomobako inscribed Sasa no zu kogo and singed on the
underside of the lid Kobayashi Chikamitsu and Kamata Mitsuyoshi
and with two seals
2 1/2in (6.3cm) diameter

US$1,500 - 2,500

1300
1300 CHIKUEIDO EISHI (NAKAMURA TAKEJIRO 1850-1915)
A silver dish
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The circular dish decorated with a crab and chrysanthemum and
a poem in katakiribori, signed on the underside with an engraved
signature Eishin tsukuru
With a wood tomobako stoarage box signed and sealed Eishin and
another seal
3 1/2in (8.6cm) diameter

US$1,200 - 1,800
1301
TOYOKAWA MITSUNAGA II (1850-1923)
A bronze kogo (incense container)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1923) era, circa 1910-1920
Cast in bronze and decorated on the cover with chrysanthemums,
bush clover, and bamboo in shishiaibori, katakiribori, and kebori
with gold and shibuichi hirazogan embellishments, the interior
finished with a reddish gold ishime surface, signed with an engraved
signature Mitsunaga koku
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Hana kogo and signed
Hakusanshi Mitsunaga and sealed Mitsu and another seal
2 5/8in (6.7cm) diameter
1301 US$1,500 - 2,500

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