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 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 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 rectangular metal box with rounded corners sits on small curved feet, shown from the front against a pale background; the box is primarily brown with darker brown and black decorative lines suggesting a simple plant motif on the lower front panel, and there are thin metallic edges and a slightly darker band where the lid meets ...
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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 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 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 rectangular metal box with rounded corners sits on small curved feet, shown from the front against a pale background; the box is primarily brown with darker brown and black decorative lines suggesting a simple plant motif on the lower front panel, and there are thin metallic edges and a slightly darker band where the lid meets the base, with faint marks and variations in the brown surface and small areas of worn metallic color on the feet.

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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 motif inclined reeds shakudo using hira-zogan technique i.e decorative motif level background surface giving painted effect 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 rectangular metal box rounded corners sits small curved feet shown front pale background box primarily brown darker brown black decorative lines suggesting simple plant motif lower front panel thin metallic edges slightly darker band lid meets base faint marks variations brown surface small areas worn metallic color feet.

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