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Property from an English Private Collection
(Lots 321-330)
321
SEVEN GOLD-LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOXES AND COVERS
AND ONE UNASSOCIATED TRAY
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each box decorated in slight coloured and gold takamaki-e, the largest
box with a grape vine, 7.5cm x 10.5cm x 3cm (3in x 4 1/8in x 1 1/8in);
the second with a kaki (persimmon), 7.5cm x 5.2cm x 3.3cm (3in x 2
1/16in x 1 3/8in); the third and fourth forming a pair decorated with
a biwa (loquat) and nashi (pear) respectively, each 7.5cm x 5.2cm x
3cm (3in x 2 1/16in x 1 3/16in); the last three boxes, each respectively
lacquered with a momo (peach), an uri (gourd) and icho (ginkgo) and
ginnan (ginkgo nut), each 7.5cm x 5.2cm x 2.8cm (3in x 2 1/16in x
1 1/8in); the tray embellished with a willow tree and flowering cherry
trees behind a bamboo fence, further cherry trees in the garden,
bordered by dense okibirame, 11cm x 15.7cm (4¼in x 6 1/8in);
all unsigned. (15).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
322
A GOLD-LACQUER BOX AND COVER IN THE FORM OF
TWO OVERLAPPING SHIKISHIBAN (SQUARE POEM-CARDS)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The kinji ground mainly decorated in gold takamaki-e with a crane
perched on an ancient pine branch gazing down at three fledglings
awaiting their feed, with details inlaid in shell and kirigane, the sides 324
similarly lacquered with six flying cranes, the interior of the cover
embellished in gold takamaki-e with a stalk of chrysanthemum on a
rich nashiji ground; unsigned. 5.4cm x 13cm x 13cm
(2 1/8in x 5 1/8n x 5 1/8in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
323
A GOLD-LACQUER BOX AND COVER IN THE FORM
OF TWO SUPERIMPOSED FANS
By Funabashi Shumin (born 1859),
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
In the form of an ogi (folding fan), lacquered in gold takamaki-e,
e-nashiji and kirigane with maple and pine trees growing on the banks
of a river in a partially mist-enveloped mountainous landscape, the
other an uchiwa (circular fan), similarly lacquered with a cherry grove
flanking a waterfall cascading into a river, the design extending over
the sides of the box, the rims edged in silver, the imitation gourds
and sticks inlaid in silver, the strut of the circular fan embellished with
flowers in coloured enamel, the interior of rich nashiji; signed in gold
lacquer on the inside of the lid Shumin with a red tsubo-shaped seal.
4.2cm x 14cm 8.3cm (1 5/8in x 5½in x 3¼in). (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 4,000
Born in 1859, Shumin was a pupil of Uematsu Homin (1846-1899); still
active in 1909, he exhibited at domestic and foreign expositions and
worked for the imperial family. He won many prizes at many exhibitions
including the Fifth National Industrial Exhibition in 1903 and the St.
Louis Exposition in 1904.
A GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) AND COVER IN
THE FORM OF TWO OVERLAPPING TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated mainly in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, the kinji lacquered
tsuba depicting drunken revellers dancing beneath cherry branches,
the other okibirame ground tsuba depicting two shishi prancing
with a peony blossom, the sides lacquered in togidashi maki-e with
windswept autumnal plants growing beside a stream on a shibuichi-
nuri ground, the interior and underside of sparse nashiji; unsigned.
5.1cm x 11.7cm x 7.6cm (2in x 4 5/8in x 3in). (2).
£1,500 - 2,500
JPY220,000 - 370,000
US$2,000 - 3,300
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