Lot Essay
A related patinated copper tray is in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, illustrated in William Hosley, The Japan Idea, 1990, fig. 111, p. 130.
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED PATINATED COPPER TRAY
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1883
In the Japanese taste; of oval form, the surface hammered into bark texture, the sides raised and rolled over, applied with copper plum blossoms and twigs, silver pine branches, and a Japanese figure riding the back of a yak and playing the flute, marked, Y59--9 1/4in. long
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1883
In the Japanese taste; of oval form, the surface hammered into bark texture, the sides raised and rolled over, applied with copper plum blossoms and twigs, silver pine branches, and a Japanese figure riding the back of a yak and playing the flute, marked, Y59--9 1/4in. long
Exhibited
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,"Gorham: Masterpieces in Metal," October 14, 1983-February 12, 1984