AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER AND SHAKUDO VASE

INSCRIBED IWA TAKE KOI SAKANA [ROCK, BAMBOO, CARP, FISH], SIGNED ICHI... SAI KANEYASU MASATOSHI ZO [MADE BY ICHI... SAI KANEYASU MASATOSHI] AND SEALED ON THE BASE ... SEI MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER AND SHAKUDO VASE
Inscribed iwa take koi sakana [rock, bamboo, carp, fish], signed Ichi... sai Kaneyasu Masatoshi zo [Made by Ichi... sai Kaneyasu Masatoshi] and sealed on the base ... sei Meiji Period (late 19th Century)
Decorated in gold, silver and bronze on a shakudo and copper ground with two carp swimming in a rocky stream, while another leaps up a cascade, the shoulder with various stylised animal and floral roundels, the foliate raised foot with a continuous branch of peony blossom and foliage, slight old wear
11.3/8in. (28.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

Kaneyasu Masatoshi (or Masanaga, 1845-1908 or later) trained as a maker of sword-fittings before becoming independent. Two examples of his work are recorded in Edward Gilbertson, A Japanese Collection [The Tomkinson collection] (London, 1898), nos. 213 and 226. See also Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley (eds.), The Nasser D. Khalili, Collection of Japanese Art, vol. 2 (London, 1995), nos. 52-4, 80.

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