MIURA CHIKUSEN (1854-1915), CIRCA 1910

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A JAPANESE INLAID PORCELAIN VASE
MIURA CHIKUSEN (1854-1915), CIRCA 1910
Decorated in underglaze blue and purple enamel and inlaid in coral, green agate and other stones, with a branch of yamabudo (crimson glory vine) and pomegranate, signed Heian Chikusen kansei, with a paper label printed GOLD MEDAL and two other documents regarding the exhibition and a page from The Studio magazine, 1910
11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) high

Literature

'Japanese Art and Artists of To-Day - II Ceramic Artists', The Studio (London, 1910), vol. 50, no. 210, p. 288

Exhibited

Awarded a Gold medal at the Japan - British Exhibition of 1910

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

Miura Chikusen I, born in Kyoto, first apprenticed under Takahashi Dohachi, third generation (1811-1879) and later studied painting under Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1907). After becoming independent in 1883, he actively set out to invent a new expression for porcelain and succeeded in applying a Western colour palette and later inlaying glass and agate as seen in this lot.

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