ID 500091
Lot 34 | A SOFT-METAL-INLAID BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED AND DATED MORITOSHI JISHIKI (UNNO MORITOSHI; 1834-1896) KINOE-SARU INUZUKI (OCTOBER 1884)
The square silver box with slightly domed lid, the top elaborately inlaid in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi with Fudo Myoo (Acala "The Immovable One") and young priest Yuten, encircled by a boarder inlaid is gold, silver with lotus flowers, the sides elaborately worked in various motifs inlaid in gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi, the inner box with brocade design in gold, copper and shakudo hirazogan, the underside of the lid designed with a Buddhist vajra and sutra opened, the gold cartouche is inscribed Shaku Yuten (The Priest Yuten)
4 x 4 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (10.2 x 10.3 x 3 cm.)
| Medium: | Metal |
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| Place of origin: | Japan |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Metal |
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| Place of origin: | Japan |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
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