ONE BY SHINSAI (DATES UNKNOWN) AND ONE BY UCHIDA SOKAN (1883-1984)

Two Lacquer Natsume (Tea Caddies)
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century
The first decorated in gold and shell hiramaki-e and gold togidashi maki-e with a suzumushi (bell cricket) and a korogi (cricket) among a mass of dense fern, one insect crawling on the curving strands of susuki (plume grass), the fern embellished here and there with shell dewdrops, the interior red-lacquered, unsigned, 7cm x 7cm (2¾in x 2¾in), with a wood tomobako storage box, inscribed and signed on the side Onatsume (Large tea caddy) and Shinsai saku with a seal Shinsai; the second decorated in gold takamaki-e, with a sparse design of abstract pine trees on a lustrous black-lacquered ground, the interior of gold lacquer, signed on the base Sokan, 6.5cm x 7cm (2 9/16inx 2¾in); with a wood tomobako storage box, inscribed outside the lid Natsume in hiragana script, signed inside the lid Nushi Sokan hachijugo so (lacquer artist: Sokan, old man of 85 years) with a seal and a further signature and seal probably of the retailer. (6).
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