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A FINELY ETCHED SENTOKU (BRASS ALLOY) Fujii Yoshitoyo, founder of the Fujii Damascene Company, was most
CABINET MODELLED AS A MINIATURE famous for his 1/50 scale model of the Kinkakuji in Kyoto, sent to the
NIJUNOTO (TWO-STOREY PAGODA) Japan-British Exhibition in 1910, which is said to have taken him four
By Fujii Yoshitoyo (Biho, born 1868) of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), years to complete, see Mochizuki Kotaro, Japan To-Day: A Souvenir of
late 19th/early 20th century the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition Held in London 1910, (Special Number
Worked predominantly in his renowned etching technique with of the Japan Financial and Economic Monthly), p.587.
strands of gold and silver overlaid on the sentoku with extensive
chased details, constructed on two storeys raised on an integral 133
stepped base, each storey beneath a sloping roof, the upper roof AN INLAID IRON SLENDER VASE
fitted with one removable drawer, the lower roof with two drawers, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
all with chrysanthemum bud handles, the upper roof decorated with The body decorated in high relief of shell, shakudo, bronze and gilt
ho-o birds, dragons, a temple complex and a bird among peonies with a continuous design of different auspicious objects including the
surmounted by a tall stupa with a tama-shaped knop from which tasselled ‘cloak and hat of invisibility’, a tsuchi (Daikoku’s magic mallet),
chains lead down to the roof’s corners, the lower roof similarly makimono (handscroll), a takarakagi (storehouse keys) and loose
decorated, the sides around the base with repeated foliate and tama (wish-granting jewels) scattered over the surface; unsigned; with
geometric patterns, stamped on the base with the Mount Fuji mark of a wood storage box inscribed Tetsu sei kabin (An iron flower vase).
Fujii Yoshitoyo; on its original, detachable, stepped wood stand. 20.3cm (8in) high. (2).
The pagoda: 18.5cm (7¼in) high. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
£2,000 - 3,000 JPY300,000 - 450,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000 US$2,700 - 4,100
US$2,700 - 4,100

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