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16 | INOUE: A SUPERB KOMAI STYLE IRON, 17 | INOUE: A LARGE BRONZE DISH
SILVER AND GOLD DISH WITH SHIBA ONKO
By Inoue of Kyoto, signed Kyoto Inoue sei and sealed Fusahiro
By the Inoue company, signed Kyoto Inoue Sei Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The backside is signed ‘Kyoto Inoue Sei’ and inlaid with the golden Condition: Superb condition with hardly any wear, some staining to
The lobed dish is decorated in the center with a large circular DIAMETER 30.5 cm artist seal ‘Fusahiro’. Very finely decorated in bronze, silver, copper patina on the backside.
reserve showing a scene from the childhood of the legendary WEIGHT 1390 grams and gilt takazogan with a pair of sparrows perched on a bamboo Provenance: British private collection.
statesman Shiba Onko. Depicted is Shiba Onko smashing a huge jar pole supporting a snow-covered rice-stook next to which several
with a rock and freeing a poor boy who was about to drown after Condition: Excellent condition with minor expected surface wear. peonies are growing. Part of the image is executed in Katakiri Auction comparison: Compare with a plate by the same maker at
he fell inside watching the goldfish from the rim. Two companions Provenance: British collection. technique. The scene is enclosed within a circular inlaid band of Christies, in ‘Edo to Post-War: 500 Years of Japanese Art and Design’
are visibly delighted at Shiba Onko’s heroics. The details are iroe- leafy bamboo. The lobed rim shows a golden meander inlay. on November 15th, 2017, lot 5.
takazogan with rich gold and silver. Outside the circular reserve are Auction comparison: Compare to a related dish by Inoue sold by
fine geometrical motifs in silver and various scenes arranged in six Bonhams, Meiji Modern Design, 11 June 2003, London, lot 489. DIAMETER 30.5 cm Estimate EUR 3.000,-
lobed reserves in gold and silver nunome-zogan. The backside with WEIGHT 1363 grams Starting price EUR 1.500,-
gold signature Kyoto INOUE Sei. Estimate EUR 5.000,-
Starting price EUR 2.500,-

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