A Japanese Silver Three-Piece Tea Set, Hirata Shigemitsu, Circa 1900
Auction Closed
June 17, 06:12 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
comprising a Teapot, Creamer and Sugar Bowl, formed as partridges, the handles formed as blades of grass and the finials as berry clusters, marked on bases with maker's mark
29 oz
900 g
length of tea pot 6 3/8 in.
16.3 cm
Hirata Shigemitsu (1855-1926) was one of the most prominent metal workers of the Meiji period. He produced work for the Imperial Household and also exhibited regularly in international exhibitions. Along with the goldsmith Kurokawa Eisho (1854-1917), Hirata introduced the metal-hammering division of the Tokyo Chokokai (Tokyo Society of Metal Artists), founded in 1887.