Futagi Seihō

the inrobuta (flush-fitting) lid lacquered in gold and iro-e takamaki-e with a solitary cricket on the lustrous kinji ground, the insect's wings skilfully and naturalistically textured, the interior of the lid and box embellished in rich nashiji; the underside of the box signed with a red-lacquered oval seal seiho; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside the lid matsumushi maki-e kogo (maki-e incense box with a cricket design) and signed seiho saku. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam. (3).

9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam

Nov 3, 2022 • Bonhams

the red lacquered wide wood sake cup decorated on the obverse in hiramaki-e of snow-covered mount fuji ascending above the clouds in the background, and the shira-ito waterfall of fujinomiya and its accompanying forest of maple and pine trees over a nashiji ground in the foreground, the tendrils of water depicted in gold and silver low-relief maki-e flowing to the very edge of the dish, the surface of the rock of the waterfall cliff decorated with gold gyobu square flakes, on the reverse of the sakazuki a blossoming prunus tree and clouds in gold in hiramaki-e and low-relief; the accompanying black lacquered stand featuring a rimmed platform with a hiramaki-e motif of two cranes in flight surrounded by gold mist, the indented rounded legs of the stand covered in the stalks and leaves of a bamboo forest, the interior of the stand decorated in nashiji; the designs of the sakazuki and stand together completing the felicitous motif of pine, bamboo, and prunus

6.67 x 20 cm

Mar 23, 2022 • Bonhams