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 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, producing a painted effect; gold signature on the lid in a square field with 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 rectangular metal box with a hinged lid shown from the front, finished in brown with a few darker brown and black decorative strokes along the lower front panel, sitting on small rounded feet with areas of worn gold color, and a thin darker metal band where the lid meets the base; the background and surface are white and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_482

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.7Mb (704.2Kb) / 20.0in x 11.4in / 6000 x 3420 (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 decorated motif inclined reeds shakudo using hira-zogan technique producing painted effect gold signature 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 rectangular metal box hinged shown front finished brown darker brown black decorative strokes lower front panel sitting small rounded feet areas worn gold color thin darker metal band lid meets base background surface white light gray.