Page 53 - 2021 March 16th Japanese and Korean Art, Christie's New York City

33 A SOFT-METAL-INLAID

SHIBUICHI AND SILVER BOX
AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED S
HUKYO KOKU (TSUKADA SHUKYO; 1848-1918)

The rectangular box set on a detachable
shibuichi stand resembling bamboo frame,
the hinged top panels chiseled and inlaid in
gold, shakudo and shibuichi with pine tree and
chrysanthemum
5¿ x 3√ x 2æ in. (13 x 9.8 x 7 cm.)
With original wood box signed Maosai Shukyo,
sealed Shukyo and Taisho gannen sentei
yuimotsu no sho (seal of the late Emperor's
Legacy, first year of Taisho [1912])

$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:
The Emperor Meiji (1852-1912)
The Emperor Taisho (1879-1926)

Tsukada Shukyo had been schooled in painting by
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) and in metalwork by
Kano Natsuo (1828-1898). His art name Shinyusai is
composed of the character 'Shin' from Zeshin, and 'yu'
from Natsuo as tribute to his great teachers. Shukyo
gave a demonstration of his metal carving techniques to
the Emperor Meiji and was appointed as an Artist to the
Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1913.

Collection seal of the Emperor Taisho