Silver and Lacquer Turtles Silver and Lacquer Turtles Silver and Lacquer Turtles Silver and Lacquer Turtles Silver and Lacquer Turtles
A Japanese Silver and Lacquer Okimono

Taisho Period, circa 1915

The carved wood base modelled as rockwork and decorated overall in gold lacquer, with a group of four detachable turtles, one with its young, finely modelled in silver, fitted wood box, the box cover inscribed Seki jo kame odana kazari [shelf ornament of turtles on rocks], The first cargo of the New Year of 1918, I am granted this as a memento of the Emperor Taisho on 14th April 1927, Sakamaki Yoshio

9 ½ in (24 cm) wide

Provenance
The collection of the Emperor Taisho

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Sakamaki Yoshio was born in Tokyo in Meiji 23rd (1890) and entered the Imperial Household Agency in 1914.