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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION 3093
A GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) WITH INTERIOR TRAY
3090 Meiji era (late 19th century)
A LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) In the shape of a partially open folding screen with a view of
Edo period/Meiji era (19th century) Arashiyama and designed in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e
The flush-fitting lid of the rounded rectangular box decorated with and togidashi maki-e, the sides with a continuous landscape of
a basket overflowing with various types of fruit, some rendered in pine saplings, flowering plants, a water well and blossoming prunus
gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, others with kirigane and shell, the overhanging a woven fence amid clouds with kirigane accents, the
basket inlaid with silver wire in minute patterned bands, all on a Gyobu conforming interior tray similarly decorated with an unrolled hanging
nashiji ground repeated on the sides, the interior with shell-inlaid scroll of Mount Fuji resting on a willow branch and accompanied by
chrysanthemum blossoms scattered over dense nashiji with sparse incense-game utensils on a kinji ground within a shippo-zunagi (linked
okibirame accents, with pewter rims jewel) border, the interior, base and undersides of lid and tray nashiji
1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3in (3.9 x 9 x 7.6cm) With a wood storage box
$2,000 - 4,000 2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8in (5 x 12 x 9.2cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
3091
A GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) 3094
Meiji era (late 19th century) A LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX)
Fashioned as a cluster of three overlapping clams, the upper shells Edo period (19th century)
variously decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirigane, gold Shaped in the form of a takarabune (treasure ship) and decorated on
and silver togidashi maki-e and aogai makigai on a kinji ground, the flush-fitting lid in gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, gold and silver
one of cranes in flight over a misty seashore with pines, the center hiramaki-e and nashiji over a kinji ground with jewels and auspicious
featuring an ox cart beneath cherry blossoms, the last with sprays of emblems accompanied by attributes of the Seven Gods of Good
chrysanthemum, the interior with sparse hirame scattered over dense Fortune, the prow headed by an inlaid silver dragon and a gold jewel
nashiji, the rims fundame inlaid to the top of the mast, the sides and interior dense nashiji, with
5 1/2in (14cm) wide silver rims
$3,000 - 4,000 1 1/8in (2.9cm) high; 3 7/8in (10cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000
3092
A SMALL LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE CONTAINER) 3095
Edo period (mid-19th century) A GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX)
Constructed as an inro resting diagonally on a square box, decorated Meiji era (late 19th century)
primarily in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e and kirigane on The rounded rectangular box with a slightly domed lid and
the square lid with birds in flight over a pine beach beneath a silver moon, decorated on the exterior in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with
the surface of the inro portion of the lid depicting a seated courtier below poem slips, oak leaves and spindles for kite strings scattered over
a sudare (blind), the ojime picked out in Gyobu nashiji and the ‘manju a mokume togidashi maki-e ground, the interior and base rich
netsuke’ of stippled brown-black lacquer, the sides of the container nashiji, the rims edged in silver
decorated in similar fashion with a biwa on a veranda overlooking a spring 2 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 4in (6.3 x 13.4 x 10.4cm)
landscape or gold fans scattered on a roiro-nuri ground, the interior nashiji $2,000 - 4,000
With a wood storage box
2 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 1/2in (5.3 x 13 x 8.3cm)
$2,500 - 4,000
Provenance
Previously sold Christie’s New York, Japanese Works of Art, Sale
#8602, March 19, 1997, lot 106
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