Caption

Box with a lid, Jômi, Eisuke I 1839-1899 artist, geese, grass, Japanese art, boxes, Japanese culture, Meiji 1868-1912, lids. Rectangular box with rounded corners, decorated on the flat lid with two flying wild geese, made in high relief with inlay of silver and gold iro-e zogan technique. The side walls are decorated with a motif of inclined reeds, made of silver and shakudo using the hira-zogan technique, i.e. the decorative motif is level with the background surface, giving a painted effect. On the lid there is a signature made in gold: in a square field, two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic ones: Shobi. Ca. 1880–1899 Meiji Period, 1868–1912, Japan, Kyoto. Container; height 4.8 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 11.4 cm., A square metal box with rounded corners sits on a gray surface, showing a warm brown and bronze exterior with darker brown top inset; the lid features a raised depiction of a flying bird rendered in dark brown with golden accents on the beak and feet, and a second bird partially visible with similar dark and gold tones; the box sides display delicate dark blue or black linear plant-like motifs against the brown background, and the box rests on small rounded feet with lighter worn areas.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_479

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Rights managed

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60.6Mb (4.0Mb) / 15.3in x 15.3in / 4603 x 4603 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Jômi Eisuke I 1839-1899 artist geese grass Japanese art boxes Japanese culture Meiji 1868-1912 lids Rectangular box rounded corners decorated flat lid two flying wild geese high relief inlay silver gold iro-e zogan technique side walls motif inclined reeds shakudo using hira-zogan technique i.e decorative motif level background surface giving painted effect signature gold square field two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic ones Shobi Ca 1880–1899 Meiji Period 1868–1912 Japan Kyoto Container height 4.8 cm width 10.2 cm depth 11.4 cm square metal box rounded corners sits gray surface showing warm brown bronze exterior darker brown top inset lid features raised depiction flying bird rendered dark brown golden accents beak feet second bird partially visible dark gold tones box sides display delicate dark blue black linear plant- motifs brown background box rests small rounded lighter worn areas.