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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A Bronze and Mixed-Metal Box and Cover
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED DAI NIHON KYOTO JU IKKODO MIYABE ATSUYOSHI AND WITH KAO
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A Bronze and Mixed-Metal Box and Cover
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Dai Nihon Kyoto ju Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi and with kao
The rectangular box set on short bracket feet and decorated with a pheasant on a rock by a blossoming cherry tree and stream in gold, silver and shibuichi worked in high and sunken relief and flush inlays, the sides of the box with seabirds in reeds and rocks on the seashore; interior lined with silver and carved with butterflies in sunken releif
5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 2in. (13 x 9.2 x 5.1cm.)
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Dai Nihon Kyoto ju Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi and with kao
The rectangular box set on short bracket feet and decorated with a pheasant on a rock by a blossoming cherry tree and stream in gold, silver and shibuichi worked in high and sunken relief and flush inlays, the sides of the box with seabirds in reeds and rocks on the seashore; interior lined with silver and carved with butterflies in sunken releif
5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 2in. (13 x 9.2 x 5.1cm.)