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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) tomobako storage box inscribed and signed on the lid Risu suzuribako,
AND COVER Seiho saku (Writing box with squirrel design, made by Seiho) with a
By Futagi Seiho (1884-1954), Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1930s seal Seiho; and a tomogire sealed Seiho. 5cm x 27.5cm x 24.3cm
The inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) with canted corners lacquered in silver, (2in x 10 13/16in x 9 9/16in). (12).
golds and shades of brown and grey hiramaki-e with a squirrel
prancing among fruiting vine, trailing over the sides, the interior of the £2,000 - 3,000
lid and box decorated with a lacquer imitation of a sumi painting with JPY300,000 - 450,000
fern on an olive-green lacquer ground, the rims mounted in silver, with US$2,700 - 4,100
a removable frame and baseboard fitted with a suzuri (ink-grinding
stone), a gilt-bronze suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a kettle, a Born in Kanazawa, Futagi Seiho studied under Yamamoto Toshinari,
pair of writing brushes, a paper pricker, paper knife and a inkstick and later with the Ishikawa-based artists Igarashi Doho and Shimizu
holder, each fitted with silver fittings and gold-lacquered on the nashiji Kyubei. He exhibited at the Teiten national salon and its successor
ground with squares of gold gyobu square flakes to match the sides of iterations on 12 occasions between 1928 and 1946.
the ink-grinding stone, signed in gold lacquer Seiho saku; with a wood

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