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A BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER the denizens of the sea, represented by their fish and octopus head-
IN THE FORM OF A SHACHIHOKO dresses in attendance in the lower foreground, other Chinese buildings
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century inlaid in flat gold relief partially obscured by clouds rendered in gold
The imaginary sea creature cast in two separate sections with its plate in the background, the sides of the box simiarly decorated with
exaggeratedly large head raised, its mouth wide open, its carp body a continuous scene depicting a flock of chidori (dotterels or plovers)
lying down with its fins thrashing the water; unsigned. flying above low tide with shells scattered on the shore including asari
11.5cm x 13.2cm (4½in x 5¼in). (2). (Japanese littleneck clam) a hotate (scallop) and an awabi (abalone),
the interior lined in silver, the rims of silver; signed on the base with
£2,000 - 3,000 chiselled characters Shoeisai Yoshitoshi tsukuru above a circular seal
JPY290,000 - 440,000 Yoshitoshi inlaid in flat relief of gold.
US$2,600 - 3,900 6.1cm x 12.6cm x 9cm (2 3/8in x 5in x 3½in). (2).

189 £35,000 - 45,000
A FINELY-INLAID BRONZE RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER JPY5,100,000 - 6,500,000
By Shoeisai Yoshitoshi, active Meiji era (1868-1912), US$46,000 - 59,000
circa 1850s-1860s
The cover worked in predominantly in high relief of gold, bronze, For further information about the artist, see Wakayama Takeshi,
shibuichi and shakudo with a fantastical scene of Oto-hime Kinko Jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), Tokyo, Token Shunju
entertaining Urashima Taro with food and drink on the veranda of her Shinbunsha, 1999, p.1347.
father Ryujin’s (the Dragon God) underwater palace, her servants,

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