Lot Essay
For a Kaioke [Shell Box] see lot 406.
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SIGNED HOTOKUSAI KAKUSHU AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Lacquer Tray
Signed Hotokusai Kakushu and kao, Edo Period (19th century)
The rectangular tray with canted corners and four bracket feet decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi-e, kirigane and nashiji on a polished black lacquer ground with two Kaioke [Shell Box] with shells for the shell game (kai-awase), the boxes decorated with cranes among hills and pine trees and the shells with various birds, the tray with an upturned edge with a design of shippo-hanabishi, the underside nashiji
60.7cm. wide
Signed Hotokusai Kakushu and kao, Edo Period (19th century)
The rectangular tray with canted corners and four bracket feet decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi-e, kirigane and nashiji on a polished black lacquer ground with two Kaioke [Shell Box] with shells for the shell game (kai-awase), the boxes decorated with cranes among hills and pine trees and the shells with various birds, the tray with an upturned edge with a design of shippo-hanabishi, the underside nashiji
60.7cm. wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.