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A GOLD-LACQUER RECTANGULAR KOBAKO
(SMALL BOX) AND COVER
By Jukakusai Eishu, Edo period (1615-1868), mid/late 19th century
The flush-fitting cover decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e and
hiramaki-e with a portrait of Daruma enveloped in a robe meditating
within an inset circular gold-lacquer panel above broken trellis on
a dilapidated wall which continues over the sides of the box, all
reserved on a nashiji ground, the inside of the box similarly lacquered
with a hossu (Buddhist fly-whisk) and a set of scrolls, the interior and
underside of the box of rich Gyobu; signed on the inside of the cover
in gold lacquer Jukakusai Eishu with a kao.
2.6cm x 8.3cm x 7.1cm (1in x 3¼in x 2¾in). (2).
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£4,500 - 5,000
JPY650,000 - 730,000
US$5,900 - 6,500

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A GOLD-LACQUER RECTANGULAR ROUNDED KOBAKO
(SMALL BOX) AND COVER
By Miatamura Jiho (1886-1979), Taisho (1912-1926)
or Showa era (1926-1989), early/mid-20th century
The flush-fitting cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e, kirikane and
takamaki-e with the shochikubai (pine, plum and bamboo: ‘The Three
Friends’ of winter) growing from two hilly promontories, the interior of
the cover and box lacquered in gold mura-nashiji and togidashi maki-e
with stylised cranes in flight, the underside of rich nashiji, the rims of
silver, signed inside the cover in gold lacquer Jiho saku;
with a wood storage box.
5.8cm x 12.6cm x 10cm (2¼in x 5in x 4in). (3). (74 - interior)

£4,500 - 5,000
JPY650,000 - 730,000
US$5,900 - 6,500
A native of Tokyo, Mitamura Jiho studied under the leading lacquerer
Akatsuka Jitoku (1871-1936) from age 14 and received the first prize
of the Shikko Seinenkai (Japanese Lacquer Youth Association) in 1905.
He was a regular exhibitor at the Teiten and Nitten official national
exhibitions, from 1928 to 1944 and 1949 to 1956 respectively, on one
occasion receiving the tokusen (highest honours) at the Teiten.

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