Lot 161 AN INLAID SILVER AND SHIBUICHI RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOSHU-SO SHOMIN AND SEALED HOSHU SEI (UNNO SHOMIN (1844-1915), AND SEALED TOKYO HATTORI TOKEITEN KINSEI

AN INLAID SILVER AND SHIBUICHI RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOSHU-SO SHOMIN AND SEALED HOSHU SEI (UNNO SHOMIN (1844-1915), AND SEALED TOKYO HATTORI TOKEITEN KINSEI

JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOSHU-SO SHOMIN AND SEALED HOSHU SEI (UNNO SHOMIN (1844-1915), AND SEALED TOKYO HATTORI TOKEITEN KINSEI

GBP 1,000

英鎊 1,000 – 英鎊 1,500

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細節: AN INLAID SILVER AND <i>SHIBUICHI</i> RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED <i>HOSHU-SO SHOMIN</i> AND SEALED <i>HOSHU SEI</i> (UNNO SHOMIN (1844-1915), AND SEALED <i>TOKYO HATTORI TOKEITEN KINSEI</i>
The <i>inrobuta</i> (flush-fitting lid) inset with a rectangular <i>shibuichi</i> plaque decorated with the corpulent God of Happiness Hotei standing and smiling, his robes partially open and exposing his belly and chest, clutching a rustic stick over his right shoulder suspended with his treasure sack, inlaid in high relief of silver, <i>shibuichi</i> with gold highlights, the front side and right side engraved in <i>kebori</i> (plain line engraving) with five <i>karako</i> (Chinese boys) dressed in Korean costumes at play, one holding a tasselled banner, another a fan, the interior, sides and underside of silver, signed on the lid with chiselled characters <i>Hoshu-so Shomin</i> with gold seal <i>Hoshu sei, </i>the underside stamped with seal <i>Tokyo</i> <i>Hattori Tokeiten kinsei.</i>
2 in. (5 cm.) high, 6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.) long, 4 5⁄8 in. (11.7 cm.) wide

來源: Wrangham Collection.