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, giving a painted effect. On the lid there is a signature in gold: in a 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., A top-down view of two rectangular trays placed side by side against a light gray background, each tray showing an interior surface in shades of brown with slightly darker edges; the tray on the left has rounded corners and a few metallic silver clips attached near its corners, while the tray on the right has a raised silver rim around its perimeter and a smooth brown interior; the overall colors visible are brown, silver, and light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A24_486

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77.3Mb (784.4Kb) / 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 giving painted effect signature gold 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 top-down view two rectangular trays placed side light gray background tray showing interior surface shades brown slightly darker edges tray left metallic clips attached near corners right raised rim perimeter smooth interior colors visible light gray.