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Lot 1632
A fine pair of patinated bronze vases with mixed metal accents By Suzuki Chokichi, Late 19th Century
28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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Find your local specialistA fine pair of patinated bronze vases with mixed metal accents
By Suzuki Chokichi, Late 19th Century
Each expertly cast and engraved with a crested bird perched on a leafy branch, the lower section of the waisted neck encircled by an abstract foliate band executed in gold, silver and copper honzogan, an elegant silver-inlaid garland suspended below the rim, signed on the recessed base Kako beneath the double mountain mark of the Kiritsu Kosho Kaisha.
10 7/8in (27.6cm) high
Each expertly cast and engraved with a crested bird perched on a leafy branch, the lower section of the waisted neck encircled by an abstract foliate band executed in gold, silver and copper honzogan, an elegant silver-inlaid garland suspended below the rim, signed on the recessed base Kako beneath the double mountain mark of the Kiritsu Kosho Kaisha.
10 7/8in (27.6cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance: Christie's, March 30, 1996, #480
Bronze vases signed Kako (the go (art name) of Suzuki Chokichi) under a 'double mountain' mark are reputed to be mostly based on designs after one of the 1,969 drawings dating from between 1877 and 1890, commissioned by the Kiritsu Kosho Kaisha from various artists and now preserved in Tokyo University of Arts.