Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)


A yatate (portable writing set) with a lacquer one-case ink boxMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe ink box black lacquer and decorated with blossoms and a pomegranate in black takamaki-e finished in ishime texture, the interior fitted with a pewter reservoir, signed Zeshin in "rat's-tooth" scratched manner, with a glass bead ojime with shakudo-ringed himotoshi, the bamboo brush holder carved with openwork resembling a Chinese-style table, the writing brush black-lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays of flowering vines 7 3/8in (18.7cm) long