A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES

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19.09.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 32 | A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES
A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES

TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIMIZU NANZAN KINSEI (SHIMIZU NANZAN; 1875-1948)

Each vase of tapering ovoid form with high chamfered shoulder and flared neck, finely carved and inlaid in gold, silver, copper, bronze and shakudo with mountain and village landscape, applied with gold sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest of the Imperial Household on neck, signature on base

12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) high each approx.

With a wood box, on the lid inscribed For the Chairman of the House of Lords's 25th anniversary, bestowed by the Emperor, December 26, 1928.





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Emperor Showa (1901-1989)

Tokugawa Iesato (1863-1940), received from above as an Imperial gift on 26 December 1928
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