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OTHER MIXED METAL WORKS OF ART
Various Properties

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A SHAKUDO MINIATURE WRITING SET AN ENGRAVED AND INLAID SHIBUICHI FAN-SHAPED PANEL
By Yukiteru, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century MOUNTED ON THE ORIGINAL WOOD PANEL AND FRAME
Each engraved in gilt, emulating chinkinbori with a complementary By Katsura Mitsuharu (1871-1962), Meiji (1868-1912)
pine-seascape design, the suzuribako (box for writing utensils) with or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th centuryry
a fenced gate in the foreground and sailing boats in the distance, Engraved with three ayu (freshwater trout) swimming among rippled
the interior with two detachable silver trays to accommodate the waters crashing against rocks carved in katakiribori (engraving with an
detachable suzuri (ink-grinding stone), two gold-lacquer fude (brushes) angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and kebori (plain line engraving)
one sumitori (ink-stick holder), one kogatana (paper knife), one kiri with slight details in flat relief of gold; signed at bottom left with
(pricker) and one suiteki (water-dropper), the writing desk with a flock chiselled characters Mitsuharu with gold seal Mitsu; with a cloth-bound
of birds in flight over low tide, 2.2cm x 11.8cm x 7.2cm (9/16in x storage box. The panel: 19.5cm x 55cm (7 5/8in x 21 5/8in); the
4 5/8in x 2¾in); the ryoshibako (document box) with a shioya (salt frame: 43.5cm x 84.7cm (17 1/8in x 33 5/16in). (2).
evaporation shed) nestled beneath a pine tree on the banks of the
shore, 2.6cm x 8cm x 6.5cm (1in x 3 1/8in x 2¼in), each signed £1,500 - 1,800
Yukiteru within an oval reserve; each with a wood storage box. (17). JPY220,000 - 270,000
US$2,000 - 2,400
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY590,000 - 740,000 One of the foremost metalworkers of the early twentieth century,
US$5,300 - 6,600 Katsura Mitsuharu was born in Tokyo and apprenticed to the
Yanagawa-School artist Toyokawa Mitsunaga in 1882. He became
independent in 1898 and opened an atelier in the Asakusa district. For
additional bibliographical details, see Wakayama Homatsu (Takeshi)
(ed.), Kinko Jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), Token Shunju
Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1999, p.408.

236 | BONHAMS 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.