TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIMIZU NANZAN KINSEI (SHIMIZU NANZAN; 1875-1948)

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A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES
TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIMIZU NANZAN KINSEI (SHIMIZU NANZAN; 1875-1948)
Each vase of tapering ovoid form with high chamfered shoulder and flared neck, finely carved and inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo with mountain and village landscape, applied with gold sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest of the Imperial Household on neck, signature on base
13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) high each approx.

Literature

Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji period: a Focus on Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum (Mishima-shi: Sano Bijutsukan, 2010). exh. cat. plate 29.

Exhibited

'Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji period: a Focus on Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum', exhibited at the following venues:
Sen'oku hakkokan bunkan, Tokyo, 16 Oct-12 Dec 2010
Sano Art Museum, Mishima-shi, 7 Jan-20 Feb 2011
Osaka Museum of History, 13 Apr-29 May 2011
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 Jun-18 Jul 2011

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Lot Essay

After graduating from the metalwork department of Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko (Tokyo School of Fine Arts School), Nanzan further learned metalwork from the premier metal artists, Kano Natsuo (1828-1898) and Unno Shomin (1844-1915). In recognition of his skill and stature, Nanzan gained a post as a professor at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko in 1919 and also appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu Gigeiin) in 1934.

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