AN IRON KORO SIGNED IKKOKUSAI (KAJIMA IKKOKU II, 1846 - 1925), MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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November 3, 04:10 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

AN IRON KORO

SIGNED IKKOKUSAI (KAJIMA IKKOKU II, 1846 - 1925)

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19^TH CENTURY

the koro finely inlaid in gold nunumezogan with wisteria, the flat shoulder with floral design and the cover with geometric design, the sides and cover pierced with chrysanthemums roundels with a double gourd finial

10.4 cm, 4 ¼ in. high

Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Vol. 2, Metalwork, London, Kibo Foundation, 1995, cat. no. 45 and Office of the Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition, An Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Modern Fine Arts Displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910, Tokyo, The Shimbi Shoin, 1910, cat. nos. 199, 200.

Kajima Ikkoku II (1846-1925) was known for his nunomezogan and work on shibuichi ground. He exhibited internationally in Liège (1905), at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis (1890) and the Japan-British Exhibition, London (1910), and was awarded the hojo (certificate of merit) at the Third National Industrial Exposition in 1890. [1]

[1]Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan. The Nasser D. Khalili Colelction of Japanese Art, vol. I (Kibo Foundation, 1995) no.45