A LARGE JAPANESE SILVER, GOLD AND SHIBUICHI BOX BY SEKIGUCHI SHINYA (1877-1932)

A LARGE JAPANESE SILVER, GOLD AND SHIBUICHI BOX BY SEKIGUCHI SHINYA (1877-1932)
MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The cover inset with a large rectangular plaque in mixed metals depicting ukai (traditional cormorant fishing), one bird paddling in a pond and with a minute fish in its beak, the other perched on a fisherman's boat, with its wings outstretched and its head turned towards a small basket engulfed in flames; signed lower right corner Shinya koku and sealed Shinya; the inside of the box decorated in gold nashiji lacquer and divided into compartments of various sizes, the underside stamped jungin (pure silver) above a swallow-shaped punch mark for the Hattori Company, 10.3cm x 28.5cm x 19.4cm. (2)