ID 922371
Lot 72 | A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
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 and shakudo with mountain and village landscape, applied with gold sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest of the Imperial Household on neck, signature on base
13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) high each approx.
Literature
Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji period: a Focus on Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum (Mishima-shi: Sano Bijutsukan, 2010). exh. cat. plate 29.
Exhibited
'Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji period: a Focus on Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum', exhibited at the following venues:
Sen'oku hakkokan bunkan, Tokyo, 16 Oct-12 Dec 2010
Sano Art Museum, Mishima-shi, 7 Jan-20 Feb 2011
Osaka Museum of History, 13 Apr-29 May 2011
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 Jun-18 Jul 2011
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Bottles, jars & flasks |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Bottles, jars & flasks |
| Address of auction |
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