Caption

Box with a lid, Jômi, Eisuke I 1839-1899 artist; geese, grass; rectangular box with rounded corners, decorated on the flat lid with two flying wild geese in high relief with inlay of silver and gold iro-e zogan technique; side walls decorated with a motif of inclined reeds in silver and shakudo using the hira-zogan technique, giving a painted effect; lid bears a gold signature in a square field with two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic ones: Shobi; ca. 1880–1899 Meiji Period, 1868–1912, Kyoto, Japan; container; height 4.8 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 11.4 cm, A square metal plaque with rounded corners sits against a neutral gray background; the plaque has a warm brown and bronze outer rim and a darker brown central field that shows a raised relief of two birds in flight. The birds are rendered in darker brown metal with polished feather texture, and they have contrasting gold-colored beaks and feet. The larger bird is positioned on the left with wings spread upward and tail feathers visible, while the smaller bird is on the right with one wing raised and elongated tail feathers. The metal surface shows subtle variations in brown and bronze tones and a few small darker spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_480

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.1Mb (3.3Mb) / 14.2in x 14.2in / 4267 x 4267 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Jômi Eisuke I 1839-1899 artist geese grass rectangular box rounded corners decorated flat lid two flying wild geese high relief inlay silver gold iro-e zogan technique side walls decorated motif inclined reeds shakudo using hira-zogan technique giving painted effect lid bears gold signature square field two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic ones Shobi ca 1880–1899 Meiji Period 1868–1912 Kyoto Japan container height 4.8 cm width 10.2 cm depth 11.4 cm square metal plaque rounded corners sits neutral gray background warm brown bronze outer rim darker brown central field raised relief two birds flight birds rendered darker brown metal polished feather texture contrasting gold-colored beaks feet larger bird positioned left wings spread upward tail feathers visible smaller bird right wing raised elongated tail feathers metal surface subtle variations brown bronze tones small darker spots.