SIGNED CHIKAMITSU AND HATTORI, MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

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An Unusual Presentation Box
Signed Chikamitsu and Hattori, Meiji Period (Early 20th Century)
The black-lacquered body entirely covered on sides and lid with openwork silver sheet worked with stylised flowering plum motifs, the interior of padded brocade silk, slight old damage to lacquer, signed with incised character on a silver flange bordering the base Chikamitsu and stamped Ginsei Hattori [made from silver, Hattori]
4 15/16 x 11 3/8 x 7 11/16in. (12.5 x 28.9 x 19.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The silver craftsman was probably Kobayashi Chikamitsu, thought to have died between 1900 and 1920.1 The Hattori clock company, in Tokyo, commissioned many presentation boxes during the early 20th century.

1 Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists (Ellwangen, Germany, 2001), p. 71 (H 00262.0)

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