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, producing a painted effect. The lid bears a gold signature in a square field with two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic forms: Shobi. Ca. 1880–1899 Meiji period, 1868–1912. Japan, Kyoto. Container. Height 4.8 cm; width 10.2 cm; depth 11.4 cm., A small rectangular metal box with rounded corners and a lid sits on a plain light surface against a pale background; the box is predominantly brown with darker brown edges and faint darker markings on its sides, featuring a few curved dark blue brushlike strokes and a subtle darker brown leaflike motif, and it rests on small worn metallic feet that show a golden-beige tone.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_483

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Rights managed

Available size

58.7Mb (674.0Kb) / 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 motif inclined reeds shakudo using hira-zogan technique producing painted effect lid bears gold signature square field two stylized kanji characters resembling archaic forms Shobi Ca 1880–1899 Meiji period 1868–1912 Japan Kyoto Container Height 4.8 cm width 10.2 cm depth 11.4 cm small rectangular metal box lid sits plain light surface pale background box predominantly brown darker brown edges faint darker markings sides featuring curved dark blue brushlike strokes subtle darker brown leaflike motif rests small worn metallic feet golden-beige tone.