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A SILVER KODANSU (CABINET) A LARGE JAPANESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON’ BOX AND
Early 20th century COVER
With hinged scalloped handle, incised with pine before Mount Fuji, Meiji Period
the cover with two geese in flight amongst clouds, the interior fitted The lid with a writhing dragon with long whiskers and scaled skin,
with three velvet lined lacquered drawers, the base rim stamped one of its three-clawed talons grasping a pearl, with further dragons
Silver and K.Uyeda. 12.2cm (4.3/4in) x 12.7cm (5in) x 9.8cm (3.7/8in) to the box sides, another pearl forming the keyhole cartouche, all
reserved on a chased wave ground, fitted with a rosewood interior.
£500 - 600 42cm (16 1/2in) wide
HK$5,200 - 6,200
CNY4,400 - 5,300 £8,000 - 12,000
HK$83,000 - 120,000
In 1884, “K.UYEDA”, the predecessor of Uyeda Jewellers, was CNY71,000 - 110,000
founded on Ginza Dentsu Street (Old Minamisaeki-cho, Kyobashi-ku),
Tokyo, by Kichigoro Uyeda. For a similarly large silver box and cover, dated circa 1900, see
Sotheby’s, 19 October 2016, lot 641.

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