Lot Essay
Sobi is the son of Yamada Munemitsu (?-1908), a ninth-generation armorer, who learned metal-hammering in a Myochin-school studio. He was particularly skilled at forging objects from a sheet of iron.
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A hammered iron vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Sobi (Yamada Sobi; 1871-1916)
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A hammered iron vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Sobi (Yamada Sobi; 1871-1916)
The oviform vase with short everted neck, finely hammered in low relief with a heron in water by reeds, signature on base
15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
With an original wood box (tomobako)
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Sobi (Yamada Sobi; 1871-1916)
The oviform vase with short everted neck, finely hammered in low relief with a heron in water by reeds, signature on base
15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
With an original wood box (tomobako)
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Takaaki Murakami