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3279 3281 (part lot)
A RARE LACQUERED-SILVER GOBLET
Made for the Samurai Shokai company, Meiji era (late 19th century) 3282
Set on a pedestal foot and applied with elaborate foliate loop handles
and decorated in several shades of gold and red hiramaki-e and FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART | 143
takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, hirame and nashiji against a roiro-nuri
ground with a pair of phoenixes by paulownia trees, chrysanthemums,
Chinese-style rocks and a rushing stream, the rim with a floral lozenge
pattern punctuated with silver bands, the foot with three registers of
floral lappets, scrolling floral vines and confronted butterflies, interior
and underside gold nashiji and signed Samurai Shokai, Yokohama and
with the company mark, the rim stamped Samurai Shokai Yokohama
7 7/8in (20cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN MICHAEL KAUFFMANN

3280
A SILVER AND SHIBUICHI BOX AND COVER
By Katsuhide for the Mitsukoshi company, Meiji era
(early 20th century)
Rectangular and decorated on the cover with a scene of a temple
complex in a mountainous moonlit landscape with pine trees on
a shibuichi ground, rendered in takabori, kebori, katakiribori and
highlighted with gold and silver hirazogan and takazogan, interior
compartments lacquered black, signed Katsuhide koku and
Mitsukoshi sei and with jun mark
9 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/4in (24.7 x 18.1 x 8.2cm)
$1,500 - 2,000

OTHER PROPERTIES

3281
A SET OF FIVE SILVER TANZAKU PLAQUES
By Nihashi Yoshihira (1896-1977), early 20th century
The rectangular plaques carved in katakiribori and finished in various
colored patination, the surface with a matt finish decorated with
naturalistic designs, including a dragonfly alighting on grasses by a
pond, a rat with precious emblems, blossoming snapdragons, a crane
calling, and a grasshopper on grasses, signed Yoshihira to and sealed
in gold Yoshihira; with one display frame in wood, each with inscribed
storage paper signed and sealed by the artist
14 3/8 x 2 3/8in (36.5 x 6cm)
$2,500 - 3,500

3282
A SET OF FIVE SILVER TANZAKU PLAQUES
By Nihashi Yoshihira (1896-1977), early 20th century
The rectangular plaques carved in katakiribori and finished in various
colored patination, the surface with a matt finish decorated with
naturalistic designs, including a leaping frog, an insect perched on a
strand of grass, a puppy and young bamboo, a crane calling, and a
grasshopper on bush clover, signed Yoshihira to and sealed in gold
Yoshihira; with one display frame in wood, each with inscribed storage
paper signed and sealed by the artist
14 3/8 x 2 3/8in (36.5 x 6cm)
$2,500 - 3,500