A FINE JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOGO BY INOUE OF KYOTO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The cover of the box decorated with a dynamic scene of figures caught in a storm and running for cover, including one woman with a small child on her back shielding herself with a broken paper umbrella; a sarumawashi, the monkey trainer carrying his pet on his shoulders whilst crossing a small bridge; with lightning bolts emerging from menacing clouds towards a thatched hut and a leaning pine, the design rendered in relief with a variety of metals including gilt bronze, silver and shibuichi, the round body signed to the base Saikyo Inoue sei (made by Inoue of West Kyoto) and with a gold seal for Fusahiro, 19.7cm. (2)
A FINE JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOGO BY INOUE OF KYOTO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The cover of the box decorated with a dynamic scene of figures caught in a storm and running for cover, including one woman with a small child on her back shielding herself with a broken paper umbrella; a sarumawashi, the monkey trainer carrying his pet on his shoulders whilst crossing a small bridge; with lightning bolts emerging from menacing clouds towards a thatched hut and a leaning pine, the design rendered in relief with a variety of metals including gilt bronze, silver and shibuichi, the round body signed to the base Saikyo Inoue sei (made by Inoue of West Kyoto) and with a gold seal for Fusahiro, 19.7cm. (2)
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