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952
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903)
An inlaid lacquer box and cover
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Modeled as a river boat laden with sheaths of rice in gold takamaki-e
and kinji, decorated with a ladybug in red and black takamaki-e and
a dragonfly in copper and shakudo, the interior lacquered nashiji,
signed on the underside Taishin in raised gold lacquer
952 With a wood tomobako storage box signed on the underside of the
cover Taishin and sealed Koma
5 1/4in (13.5cm) long

$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance
Property from a San Francisco Estate

953
OZAWA SHURAKU (1830-?)
An inlaid lacquer kobako (small box)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Modeled in the form of three overlapping fans decorated in gold and
red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with embellishments of hirame, kinpun
and gold foil against a bright kinji ground with scenes of an ox cart
beneath falling cherry blossoms, a lady’s boudoir, and a Heian beauty
looking out from a circular window in iro-e takazogan, the sides of the
box decorated with blossoming autumn plants, the underside of the
cover with geese before a fulll moon inlaid in silver and the removable
953 inner tray with bush clover by a stream in gold takamaki-e and
togidashi maki-e, the surounding areas and the interior and underside
of the box finished in Gyobu nashiji, signed on the side Shuraku
5 1/4in (13.5cm) wide

$3,000 - 5,000
954
SCHOOL OF YOYUSAI
A lacquer kobako (small box)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Rectangular with a slightly domed cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e
with butterflies on a ground of roiro-nuri sprinkled with hirame, the
interior of the cover decorated with a floral sprat, the box interior
lined with brocade, pewter rims, signed on the underside of the box
Gyonen nanajunana o Yoyusai and sealed Setsuzan
With a wood tomobako storage box
4 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 3in (11.6 x 14.7 x 7.6cm)

$1,500 - 2,500
954 955
A LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) AND A TWO-TIER
LACQUER JUBAKO (STACKING BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
The first, rounded rectangular with lobed corners and decorated with
fireflies on ferns in black and red takamki-e, aogai, and two shades
of gold hiramaki-e against a roiro-nuri ground, the interior with a
rmovable tray; the second rectangular with lobed corners, decorated
with a landscape and waterfall in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and
hirame on a kinji ground, the interiors nashiji
Each with a wood tomobako storage box
4in (10.1cm) wide; 4 3/4 x 4 x 2 3/4in (12 x 10.1 x 6.8cm)

$1,500 - 2,500

955

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