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KAKEHIKO UNNO MORITOSHI (1834-1896)
A mixed-metal plaque A fine iron panel
Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Cast and finished in two shades of bronze and decorated in The russet-iron panel carved in relief with a playful scene of a large
katakiribori with a swallow in flight before a waterfall, chiseled rat struggling with an egg as two smaller rats pull on its tail, the eyes
signature Kakehiko koku, in a wood frame finished in shakudo and the egg in silver overlays, signed Ryounsai
5 3/5 x 4 3/4in (14.6 x 10.2cm), excluding frame, 15 3/8 x 12in (39 x and sealed in gold Mori, mounted on a wood panel
30.5cm) overall 11 3/4 x 14 1/2in (29.9 x 36.8cm) (overall); 6 x 8 3/8in (15.1 x
21.3cm) (panel only)
US$1,500 - 2,500
US$12,000 - 18,000
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HARUKAGE Provenance
A mixed-metal plaque Thomas B. Marston
Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century Thomas E. Marston, and thence by descent
Cast in bronze and hammered up in repoussé technique with three
playful puppies, the surface worked in kebori and katakiribori and According to family records, this panel was purchased in 1898
finished in varying shades of greenish gold, the eyes highlighted in gilt or 1899 by Thomas B. Marston on a trip to Japan. Marston was
and shakudo, signed with engraved signature Saiyosai Harukage reportedly there as a guest of the Meiji government, advising on
11 7/8 x 14 1/4in (30.2 x 36.2cm) the selection of works of art to represent Japan at the upcoming
Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900
US$1,500 - 2,500
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YOSHITSUGU
An inlaid-iron panel
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular panel forged in russet iron and decorated with a man
in a mountain villa admiring a pair of monkeys on a rocky outcrop
by a rushing stream, pine, maple, and bamboo, rendered in iro-e
takazogan and takabori, the stream and the snow-capped mountains
in silver hirazogan, signed Oju Kashu no ju Ki Yoshitsugu, in a
lacquered wood frame
17 7/8 x 13 5/8in (45.4 x 34.5cm) (including frame)
US$4,000 - 6,000

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