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A SHAKUDO PAPER WEIGHT AND A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE
PAPERWEIGHTS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The first formed as a swimming carp, the eyes highlighted in gilt,
signed on the underside with engraved signature Nanajugosai
Mitsutada and with a kao, with a wood tomobako storage box
illegibly signed ()san Mitsutada and with a kao; the pair of rectangular
weights carved in high relief with a long-tailed bird among rocks and
peonies by a stream, the handles carved as a peony bud, with a
wood storage box
3 3/4in (9.5cm) wide; 7 1/2in (19cm) wide

US$1,200 - 1,800
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KATSUHIDE (ITO KATSUHIDE) FOR THE MARUKI COMPANY
A shibuichi and silver box and cover, Meiji era (1869-1912), late
19th/early 20th century 1303
The silver box rectangular with rounded corners and inset on the
cover with a shibuichi panel designed with a landscape, fishing
village, and agricultural scenes rendered in gold, silver, and shakudo
takazogan, hirazogan, takabori, and kebori, signed on the cover
Katsuhide koku and stamped on the silver underside Maruki sei and
jungin (Pure silver)
4 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 3/4in (11.4 x 14.4 x 4.5cm)
US$800 - 1,200

For another example of work by this artist, see Laura W. Allen and
others, In the Moment: Japanese Art from the Larry Ellison Collection,
San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, 2013, cat. no. 54.

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TOYOKAWA MITSUNAGA II (1850-1923)
An inlaid shibuichi koro (incense burner)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1900-1920
Of compressed ovoid form set on tripod feet and with square upright
handles and decorated with plovers flying over rocks and crashing
waves in gold and silver hirazogan and katakiribori, signed on the
body Hakusanshi Mitsunaga and sealed, and with two additional
seals on the underside
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Nami ni chidori koro
and on the inside of the lid Kingin zogan katakiribori kin shibuichi
koro, signed Hakusanshi Toyokawa Mitsunaga and sealed
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high 1304
US$3,000 - 4,000
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