A Large Japanese Mixed-Metal 'Birds, Chrysanthemums and Bamboo' Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period
日本明治/大正時代銅嵌銀鎏金花鳥圖罐

Meiji/Taisho Period (1868-1912)

Signed Saida Kozo saku, of swelling ovoid form with a short everted neck, the body patinated to simulate reddish-brown iron, inlaid in gold, silver, copper shakudo, and shibuichi with swallows flying past bamboos and chrysanthemums. With incised signature and gold inlaid seal Jyunkyo-do to the side, underside with cast mark Jyunkyo-do.

Height 15 3/4 in., 40 cm.

Property from the Collection of Tusha Buntin, Honolulu, Hawaii.

This lot is located in New York.

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Property from the Collection of Tusha Buntin, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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夏威夷州檀香山市Tusha Buntin先生收藏。

Scattered surface and patina variations, particularly to ground, scattered small surface scratches and nicks, rubbing to patination at extremities, pale greenish bloom to shoulders and lip.

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A Large Japanese Mixed-Metal 'Birds, Chrysanthemums and Bamboo' Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period
日本明治/大正時代銅嵌銀鎏金花鳥圖罐