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SARATANI TOMIZO (1949-) SARATANI TOMIZO (1949-) SARATANI TOMIZO (1949-)
HARU ICHIBAN NEKO NO HIRUNE (CATNAP) ISE-EBI (SPINY LOBSTER)
(THE FIRST GALE OF SPRING) Heisei era (1989-2019), February 2019 Reiwa era (2019-), August 2019
Reiwa era (2019-), August 2019 A Chinese quince-wood square kogo (incense An okimono of natural green serpentine with
A keyaki-wood tray with prominent grain box) in the form of a zabuton (floor cushion) waves in silver takamaki-e and silver drops,
carved in gourd-shaped outline, finished in with a sleeping kitten in silver, charcoal and red encrusted with a large and a small ise-ebi
thin fuki-urushi lacquer, decorated with a takamaki-e, the circular interior of the box with a (spiny lobster) in high-relief red rittai sabiage
spider in black takamaki-e and gold okibirame brightly shining sun in shell and gold okibirame maki-e with details in gold and black lacquer,
and a spider’s web in shell beneath branches against a background of polished black lacquer signed with a gold-plated seal Tomizo; with
of flowering red prunus in gold maki-e and with scattered shell hirame, the exterior and top a wood tomobako storage box inscribed
red lacquer, minutely signed on an irregular of the riser in silver okibirame, minutely signed outside Ise-ebi (Spiny lobster), signed and
gold plaque Tomizo; with a wood tomobako on a circular silver plaque inside the lid Tomizo; sealed inside Tomizo. 13cm x 17cm x 12cm
storage box inscribed outside Haru ichiban with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed (5 1/8in x 6¾in x 3/4in). (2).
(The First Gale of Spring), signed and sealed outside Neko no hirune (Catnap), signed and
inside Tomizo. 3cm x 70.5cm x 40.5cm sealed inside Tomizo. 4cm x 10.5cm x 10cm £3,000 - 5,000
(1 1/8in x 27¾in x 16in). (2). (1½in x 4 1/8in x 4in). (2). JPY400,000 - 660,000
US$3,700 - 6,200
£5,000 - 8,000 £2,000 - 3,000
JPY660,000 - 1,100,000 JPY260,000 - 400,000
US$6,200 - 9,900 US$2,500 - 3,700

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