Kobayashi Shoun (active early-mid Showa Period)

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Kobayashi Shoun (active early-mid Showa Period)
The tall vase of hammered and cold-chiselled silver decorated with fruiting peach branches, the neck with lappets, gilt details, signed Shoun saku, fitted wood box titled Gin sei Bampo Mon Kabin [Silver Peach Motif Vase], signed Shoun saku and sealed
36.5cm. high

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Lot Essay

Kobayashi Shoun exhibited similar vases at the 10th Teiten (Japan Imperial Exhibition) and the 13th Teiten in 1932. He then went on to exhibit at the 6th Nitten in 1950, the 8th Nitten in 1952 and the 9th Nitten in 1953.

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