SIGNED YASUSHIGE, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Small Gold Lacquer Tray
Signed Yasushige, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Decorated in hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi and kirikane on a kinji ground, the well of the tray finely decorated in Shibayama style of carved inlays of raden, stained ivory, silver and tortoishell on a lacquer ground with anthropomorphic rats engaged in such pursuits as mochi-making, porterage, fishing, drinking sake, eating daikon, fording a river and climbing a rope ladder, amid cherry blossom, chrysanthemums and other flowers, beneath a cliff on top of which is a temple, the border with sakura and various leaves in usu-miku-takamakie on a nashiji ground, bordered on each side with a silver rim, the underside and four short feet nashiji in earth-red lacquer, the signature carved in katakiri bori on an inlaid raden plaque
5in. (12.7cm.) long
Signed Yasushige, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Decorated in hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi and kirikane on a kinji ground, the well of the tray finely decorated in Shibayama style of carved inlays of raden, stained ivory, silver and tortoishell on a lacquer ground with anthropomorphic rats engaged in such pursuits as mochi-making, porterage, fishing, drinking sake, eating daikon, fording a river and climbing a rope ladder, amid cherry blossom, chrysanthemums and other flowers, beneath a cliff on top of which is a temple, the border with sakura and various leaves in usu-miku-takamakie on a nashiji ground, bordered on each side with a silver rim, the underside and four short feet nashiji in earth-red lacquer, the signature carved in katakiri bori on an inlaid raden plaque
5in. (12.7cm.) long