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ICHIRYU TOMOTOSHI (1831-1889)
A large and impressive inlaid-iron panel
Meiji era (1868-1912)
The circular iron panel worked to a hammered finish and applied
in very high relief with a bronze figure of a dancing shojo (drunken
sprite) holding a fan and a minogame on top of his head, his
face, hair and arms patinated to a reddish-brown and the robes
finished with a greenish hue embellished with scrolling vines and
chrysanthemums in gold takazogan, the interior of the sleeves and
the fan gilded, the tassels hanging from the robes inlaid with green
hardstones, signed Ichiryu Tomotoshi and with a kao in applied gilt-
bronze; the panel set into a black-lacquer circular table with a glass
top
29 5/8in (75.25cm) diameter (panels only), 35 1/2in (90.1cm)
diameter, 20 1/2in (52cm) high overall

US$30,000 - 40,000

(detail)