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AN INLAID-BRONZE CIRCULAR CHARGER 379 (part lot)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in chiselled high relief of bronze, gilt, silver and shakudo
with an unidentified legendary scene of a warrior knelt in obeisance
beneath pine branches with both his hands outstretched and palms
held up before a nobleman standing and holding a writhing snake, the
pine tree worked in sunken and low relief, with details of the lichens on
the boughs decorated in gilt low relief; unsigned.
4.8cm x 37.6cm (1 7/8in x 14¾in).

£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,400

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AN INLAID-BRONZE LOBED CHARGER
By the Inoue Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The cast bronze body chiselled and executed in high relief of gilt,
bronze, shakudo and shibuichi with an oarsman ferrying a boat
carrying a disparate group of passengers including a pilgrim with an
oi (travelling pack) strapped to his back, two musicians, a woman, a
samurai and a monkey trainer, its performing pet walking towards the
prow bordered by a band of fragmented rinzu (textile-weave) inlaid
in gold flat relief, signed on the base with chiselled characters Kyoto
Inoue sei; with a wood storage box. 30.7cm (12in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 590,000
US$4,000 - 5,300

378
AN INLAID-BRONZE ROUNDED-SQUARE KORO
(INCENSE BURNER) AND EN-SUITE COVER
By Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The ishime body inset with four lobed panels worked in gold, bronze
and shakudo relief inlay, each panel decorated with a different scene
consisting of a moonlit scene with ominaeshi (valerian) bending gently
in the breeze, the poet Ariwara no Narihira on horseback accompanied
by his retinue riding past hagi (bush clover) growing beside a river, the
third with a lotus pond and the fourth depicting a solitary bird perched
on flowering branch, the cover inlaid with stylised chrysanthemums
and surmounted with a finial in the form of a hen and chick in a shallow
basket, all raised on four tall legs in the form of elaborately tied tassels
and fixed on a detachable octagonal wood stand lacquered in gold
takamaki-e with a phoenix or dragon in flight amidst scrolling karakusa
(‘Chinese grasses’); signed Miyao zo within a gold rectangular
cartouche. The koro: 21.5cm (8½in) high; the stand: 14cm x 13cm x
4.5cm (5½in x 5 1/8in x 1¾in). (3).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

379
FOUR BRONZE VESSELS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising one vase applied in high relief with two lizards crawling
over the neck and body, signed on the base with an impressed seal
Nihonkoku Maruki sei, 19.8cm (7¾in) high; the second and third
vessels representing respectively Monju and Fugen Bosatsu, each
conventionally modelled, the former seated on a shishi, the latter on an
elephant, each signed on the base with chiselled signature Issai with a
kao, each 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high; the fourth a handled incense burner
(lacking its lid) decorated with a continuous design of Chinese figures
in a garden, unsigned, 8.7cm (3 3/8in) high. (4).

£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 FINE JAPANESE ART | 231
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.