Details
A PAIR OF SILVER VASES
(20th century), dedicatory inscription dated 1929, signed eiho koku, sealed miyamoto kinsei and stamped jungin (pure silver)
Each of baluster form cast in high relief with scenes of thatched huts in pine-covered hill sides and a river bordered by willows, details of riverboats, eaves of the huts, some trees and footbridge gilded, other trees and roofs now copper as original soft metal patina rubbed away, dedicatory inscription on shoulders, signature etched on side of each vase, sealed on bases--12in. (29.8cm.) high (2)
(20th century), dedicatory inscription dated 1929, signed eiho koku, sealed miyamoto kinsei and stamped jungin (pure silver)
Each of baluster form cast in high relief with scenes of thatched huts in pine-covered hill sides and a river bordered by willows, details of riverboats, eaves of the huts, some trees and footbridge gilded, other trees and roofs now copper as original soft metal patina rubbed away, dedicatory inscription on shoulders, signature etched on side of each vase, sealed on bases--12in. (29.8cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Elmer Sperry, Sperry Gyroscope Company, to whom the vases are dedicated