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KUNIMITSU FOR THE NAMIKI WORKSHOP (ACTIVE EARLY
20TH CENTURY)
A lacquered metal panel
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950
Rectangular and decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramakie-e on
a kinji ground with highlights of hirame and nashiji with a faithful
recreation of Iwamurata, number 23 from the Kisokaido (Kiso dochu)
by Keisai Eisen, published 1835-1838, the reverse inscribed in gold
lacquer on a hirame ground Nijusan Keisai Kisodochu Iwamurata and
signed Kunimitsu e and with a kao
4 1/4 x 6 1/2in (10.7 x 16.5cm)

$8,000 - 10,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ELIZABETH AND WILLARD CLARK
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KOIWA MASAYO (1917-)
Two dry lacquer flower vases
Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era, late 20th century
The first of abstract curved rectangular form with a comma-shaped
opening to the top, the body pierced with a large off-center aperture
encircled by wave-like rings billowing out to either side, the base
sealed Masayo in red lacquer; the second of irregular rectangular
shape, the matte-black sides emulating a flowing stream contrasting
with the top and base finished in roiro (mirror-black lacquer), the
off-center top opening set between slightly raised flanges and long
horizontal grooves, the base signed Masayo in red lacquer
The first with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed, signed,
and sealed by the artist
16 x 20 x 10in (40.4 x 51 x 5.4cm)
14 x 19 1/4 x 6in (35.5 x 49 x 105cm)
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$1,200 - 2,500

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