Caption

Box with a lid, Jômi, Eisuke I 1839–1899 artist; . 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, where the decorative motif is level with the background surface producing a painted effect. On the lid there is a signature in gold in a square field of two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic forms: Shobi. Ca. 1880–1899 Meiji Period, 1868–1912, Kyoto, Japan. Container. Height 4.8 cm; width 10.2 cm; depth 11.4 cm., A pair of rectangular trays displayed side by side on a light gray background, one tray shown open with a smooth brown interior and slightly worn outer rim with hints of beige, the other tray closed with a darker brown surface featuring a raised design of a group of birds in flight with detailed feathers and golden beaks and feet, the closed tray bordered by a lighter brown frame and subtle darker shading around the bird motifs.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_481

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (1.3Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4501 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Jômi Eisuke I 1839–1899 artist 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 decorative motif level background surface producing painted effect signature gold square field two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic forms Shobi Ca 1880–1899 Meiji Period 1868–1912 Kyoto Japan Container Height 4.8 cm width 10.2 cm depth 11.4 cm pair rectangular trays displayed side light gray background tray shown open smooth brown interior slightly worn outer rim hints beige tray closed darker brown surface featuring raised design group birds flight detailed feathers golden beaks feet closed tray bordered lighter brown frame subtle darker shading bird motifs.