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AN INLAID IRON RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
By Noriaki, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The flush-fitting cover worked in high relief of bronze, silver and gold
inlay with two figures enacting a New Year’s No performance on the
balcony of a courtly villa, one attired in the costume of a Shojo alluding
to the No play of the same title, dancing to the accompaniment of
flutes and drums played by a group of musicians depicted on the
inside of the lid, worked in copper, silver, bronze and gold flat inlay,
the corners of the lid with flat inlaid details of translucent enamel, the
sides of the box decorated in low relief of gold inlay with young pine
saplings, signed inside the lid with chiselled characters Noriaki sen
(chiselled by Noriaki) and on the underside with a gold square seal in
tensho script possibly reading Sawaaki.
5.1cm x 12.2cm x 9cm (2in x 4¾in x 3½in). (2).

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY340,000 - 410,000
US$3,100 - 3,700

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AN INLAID IRON ROUNDED-RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The flush-fitting cover decorated with an exotic long-tailed bird
perched on a flowering branch of peony beside a stand of bamboo
about to attack a beehive suspended from above, the sides of the
box inlaid with four contrasting scenes of a different species of bird
among seasonal flowers and plants including a discarded straw hat,
a bamboo staff and a bird among spring foliage, all inlaid in high-
relief shades of gold, silver and copper, the interior of silvered metal;
unsigned. 4.8cm x 12.4cm x 9.5cm (1 7/8in x 4 7/8in x 3¾in). (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY280,000 - 410,000
US$2,500 - 3,700

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