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SARATANI TOMIZO (1949-)
RAKUEN (GARDEN OF HAPPINESS)
Heisei era (1989-2019), November 2018
A polished section of umimatsu (‘sea pine’), encrusted with a lizard
quietly enjoying the natural beauty of a garden, executed in high-relief
rittai sabiage lacquer embellished with okibirame of gold and abalone
shell; mushrooms toward one end, also in rittai sabiage, with ants in
drops of gold; trailing vine on the underside in coloured takamaki-e
embellished with okibirame of gold, silver and shell; minutely signed
with a gold-plated seal Tomizo; with a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed outside Rakuen (Garden of Happiness), inscribed and signed
inside Nisen juhachinen kugatsu kichinichi Tomizo saku (Made by
Tomizo in September 2018) and sealed Tomizo.
6cm x 45cm x 12cm (2 3/8in x 17¾in x 4¾in). (2).
£40,000 - 50,000
JPY5,300,000 - 6,600,000
US$49,000 - 62,000

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SARATANI TOMIZO (1949-)
DARUMA SOSHI (DARUMA THE PATRIARCH)
Heisei era (1989-2019), February 2019
An okimono of Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, executed in
high-relief rittai sabiage lacquer, seated in meditation within a knotty
briar root, his earrings in gold wire, his eyes and beads in drops of
gold, signed with a gold-plated seal Tomizo; with a wood tomobako
storage box inscribed outside Daruma Soshi (Daruma the Patriarch),
signed and sealed inside Tomizo.
18cm x 15cm x 14cm (7 1/8in x 6in x 5½in). (2).

66 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY200,000 - 260,000
US$1,900 - 2,500

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