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A SILVER-LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER 245
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The sliver-lacquer flush-fitting cover lacquered with autumnal
windswept plants of hagi (bush clover), susuki (plume grass), kikyo
(Chinese bellflower) and nadeshiko (pinks) on a black-lacquered
ground enclosed within a gourd-shaped cartouche, the inside and
underside of sparse nashiji on a black-lacquer ground, unsigned; with
a wood storage box inscribed on the inside of the lid signed Shissho
Kotekian (Lacquerer Kotekian) with a seal.
4cm x 10.5cm x 7.6cm (1½in x 4 1/8in x 3in). (3).

£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$990 - 1,200

245*
A BLACK-AND-GOLD LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX)
By Uematsu Hobi (1872-1933), Taisho (1912-1926)
or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1915-1930
A circular kogo, both box and lid convex, fitted with silver rims, entirely
covered in black lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e, the top
and bottom with stylized nadeshiko (pinks, Dianthus superbus) on
a triple square lattice, the interior of lid and box each with two more
naturalistic nadeshiko plants on a gold nashiji ground, the recessed
base signed in incised cursive characters Hobi; with a wood tomobako
storage box titled Nadeshiko kogo (Incense box with a design of
pinks), the inside of the lid signed Furosai shujin with a seal.
8.7cm (3 3/8in) diam. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

Born in Tokyo the first son of the maki-e artist Uematsu Homin
(1846-1899), Uematsu Hobi studied the technique of maki-e from his
father and design from Kishi Kokei (1839-1922). Celebrated for his
sophisticated pictorial style and immaculate technique, he is perhaps
best known for a set of suzuribako and bunko with landscape design
shown at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1900, but he won awards
at numerous subsequent exhibitions, including the 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th
and 14th Teiten (Imperial Art Exhibition).

Furosai is the go (art name) of Uematsu Hobi used later in his career.

246*
A SMALL TWO-TIERED GOLD-LACQUER
KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) AND COVER
By Kanshosai, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century
The usu-nashiji ground embellished with mura-nashiji decorated on the
cover with flying insects around formalised flowerheads, the sides with
stylized bird and animal motif medallions, all in gold togidashi maki-e,
the interior of nashiji, signed Kanshosai with a kao; with a wood
storage box.
7.3cm x 7.3cm x 6cm (2 7/8in x 27/8in x 2 3/8in). (4).

£800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 170,000
US$990 - 1,500

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