VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SQUAT OVIFORM BRONZE VASE

SIGNED JOHO ON THE BASE AND TOBA SOJO HO-HITSU-I, BISEI KOKU [AFTER THE STYLE OF TOBA SOJO, ENGRAVED BY BISEI], LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SQUAT OVIFORM BRONZE VASE
Signed Joho on the base and Toba Sojo ho-hitsu-i, Bisei koku [after the style of Toba Sojo, engraved by Bisei], late 19th/early 20th Century
Engraved with a frog playing the game of kemari and another seated with a leaf meant to be a courtier's hat, fitted wood box
26.7cm. high

拍品專文

The engraver Unno Bisei (1863-1919) learnt the craft from his father who was a Mito School metal artist. He studied painting under Sakai Doichi, Kawanabe Kyosai and Imao Keinen and subsequently became a Professor at The Tokyo Art School.