Lot 274
INLAID IRON TEA KETTLE AND COVER, TETSUBIN
BY SEIGYOKUDO, MEIJI PERIOD
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Description
of cylindrical form, the iron body finished in a rough stone-like texture and inlaid in gold nunome-zogan in typical Komai-style with famous landmarks of Kyoto including the Byodo-in Temple with a pair of phoenix stretching their wings upon the roof, and the Sanjo Ohashi bridge spanning the Kamo River, the cover inlaid with a mountainous landscape vignette, the overhead handle inlaid with three small birds flying towards a crescent moon, with an inlaid gold mark reading Seigyokudo (Hall of Clear Jade) within a lobed reserve to the side
Dimensions
17.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
From a private Scottish collection of Chinese & Japanese works of art.
Note:
For a comparable example of a tetsubin, also featuring scenes of landmarks of Kyoto, see Bonhams' sale in their New York rooms on 18.03.2015, lot 3173.