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Auction archive: Lot number 73

A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner

Estimate
US$90,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$389,000
Auction archive: Lot number 73

A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner

Estimate
US$90,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$389,000
Beschreibung:

A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI SEN (CARVED BY SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI; 1832-1908), SEALED KATSUYOSHI
A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shoami Katsuyoshi sen (carved by Shoami Katsuyoshi; 1832-1908), sealed Katsuyoshi The incense burner cast in sections as a rooster perched on a drum supported on a stand, finely worked in gold, silver, shibuichi, shakudo, copper and gilt, the life-like rooster dynamically cast and chiseled, the shibuichi body of the drum resembling the wood grain with gilt details, the sides designed with a coiled dragon inlaid in gold, shakudo and copper, and applied with shakudo rivets; incised signature on base and the gilt seal on body 16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.) high With double wood box inscribed and certified by Sato Kanzan in August 1959

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI SEN (CARVED BY SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI; 1832-1908), SEALED KATSUYOSHI
A large soft-metal-inlaid silver incense burner Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shoami Katsuyoshi sen (carved by Shoami Katsuyoshi; 1832-1908), sealed Katsuyoshi The incense burner cast in sections as a rooster perched on a drum supported on a stand, finely worked in gold, silver, shibuichi, shakudo, copper and gilt, the life-like rooster dynamically cast and chiseled, the shibuichi body of the drum resembling the wood grain with gilt details, the sides designed with a coiled dragon inlaid in gold, shakudo and copper, and applied with shakudo rivets; incised signature on base and the gilt seal on body 16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.) high With double wood box inscribed and certified by Sato Kanzan in August 1959

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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