Live Auction 22037Japanese and Korean Art
A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES
Lot 32 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIYOMIZU SANNENZAKA MUSEUM

A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES

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

Closed19 September 2023

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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.

Emperor Showa (1901-1989)
Tokugawa Iesato (1863-1940), received from above as an Imperial gift on 26 December 1928

Specialist note

After graduating from the metalwork department of Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko (Tokyo School of Fine Arts School), Nanzan further learned metalwork from the premier metal artists, Kano Natsuo (1828-1898) and Unno Shomin (1844-1915). In recognition of his skill and stature, Nanzan gained a post as a professor at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko in 1919 and also appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu Gigeiin) in 1934.