6 Nov 2012
14:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Afternoon Session
Back to auction 20023
Fine Japanese Art Afternoon Session
Back to auction 20023
An inlaid silver baluster vase
By Yoshihisa, Meiji Period
Raised on a scalloped edged circular foot, the body worked in silver and gilt takazogan with seven egrets wading in a river, another two on the reverse among wind-swept reeds, the ripples on the water carved in kebori, three seagulls inlaid in shakudo in flight on the flared neck, the foot decorated in iroe-hirazogan with a border of stylised snow crystals; signed Yoshihisa koku with a seal Sei.
28.6cm (11¼in) high.
Raised on a scalloped edged circular foot, the body worked in silver and gilt takazogan with seven egrets wading in a river, another two on the reverse among wind-swept reeds, the ripples on the water carved in kebori, three seagulls inlaid in shakudo in flight on the flared neck, the foot decorated in iroe-hirazogan with a border of stylised snow crystals; signed Yoshihisa koku with a seal Sei.
28.6cm (11¼in) high.
Sold for
£11,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 葦に鷺図銀花瓶 美久作 明治時代
Six metal workers including four tsuba makers under the name of Yoshihisa are recorded by Wakayama Takeshi, Kinko Jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), Token Shunju Shinbun-sha, Tokyo, 1999, p.228. The quality of the workmanship on this vase would suggest that this artist is one of these.
Lot heading
Fine Metalwork from an English private collection
(Lots 503-511)
(Lots 503-511)
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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