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Lot Essay
In the seventeenth century, porcelain models of elephants were produced in Hizen province and exported to Europe by the Dutch East India Company. A pair of Kakiemon models of elephants were recorded on the inventory of the Burghley House Collection in 1688. Models of elephants were popular in Europe and were produced for export in considerable number and variety from the Edo through Meiji period.
Fujii Yoshitoyo, who specialized in inlaid metalwork, was active in the late Meiji period in Tokyo. He was awarded a silver medal in Japan-British Exhibition held in London in 1910. His work is in the collection of the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts. For another work signed by Yoshitoyo, see Metalwork, Part I, vol. 2 of Meiji no Takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 37.
Fujii Yoshitoyo, who specialized in inlaid metalwork, was active in the late Meiji period in Tokyo. He was awarded a silver medal in Japan-British Exhibition held in London in 1910. His work is in the collection of the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts. For another work signed by Yoshitoyo, see Metalwork, Part I, vol. 2 of Meiji no Takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 37.