Lot details By Katsuyoshi, signed Katsuyoshi Japan, first half of 20th century Of stylized pouch form, each side with a dark wood panel carved in relief to one side with a shishi prancing above a kirin within a palace scene with blossoming branches, swirling clouds, pavilions, and a pagoda, continuing onto the reverse with further opulent palace structures. The cover surmounted by a superbly carved stag antler finial with a turning lock mechanism in the form of a fierce oni head, flanked by finely carved buffalo horn double-gourd-form cord runners, the narrow sides decorated with stag-antler-inlaid circular designs. The base inlaid with a gold plaque signed KATSUYOSHI. WIDTH 10 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few natural age cracks, few minor losses to inlays. Provenance: Formerly from a noted German private collection, Munich. The artist appears to be unrecorded, but clearly a talented individual who was versatile in many different materials.
Lot details By Katsuyoshi, signed Katsuyoshi Japan, first half of 20th century Of stylized pouch form, each side with a dark wood panel carved in relief to one side with a shishi prancing above a kirin within a palace scene with blossoming branches, swirling clouds, pavilions, and a pagoda, continuing onto the reverse with further opulent palace structures. The cover surmounted by a superbly carved stag antler finial with a turning lock mechanism in the form of a fierce oni head, flanked by finely carved buffalo horn double-gourd-form cord runners, the narrow sides decorated with stag-antler-inlaid circular designs. The base inlaid with a gold plaque signed KATSUYOSHI. WIDTH 10 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few natural age cracks, few minor losses to inlays. Provenance: Formerly from a noted German private collection, Munich. The artist appears to be unrecorded, but clearly a talented individual who was versatile in many different materials.
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