By Nakajima Yasumi I, dated Taisho 13 (1924) Of Chinese inspiration, ornamented in relief with bands of archaic motifs between further bands enclosing tiny circles, the shoulder cast with two handles in the form of stylised birds, the patina suffused with irregular areas of verdigris to simulate a late Shang dynasty bronze, the base chiselled with a long inscription in tensho script Kore Taisho ju-san nen ichi-gatsu nijuroku-nichi Togu-denka gokongi [...] saku sono biju man-nen eiho-yo, sokai Yasumi (Made to commemorate the marriage of the prince [Hirohito, Emperor Showa] on the 26th of January, Taisho 13 [1924] by Yasumi), with tomobako, the inside of the lid bearing the same inscription and dated, signed and sealed by the artist. 23cm (9in) high. (2).
By Nakajima Yasumi I, dated Taisho 13 (1924) Of Chinese inspiration, ornamented in relief with bands of archaic motifs between further bands enclosing tiny circles, the shoulder cast with two handles in the form of stylised birds, the patina suffused with irregular areas of verdigris to simulate a late Shang dynasty bronze, the base chiselled with a long inscription in tensho script Kore Taisho ju-san nen ichi-gatsu nijuroku-nichi Togu-denka gokongi [...] saku sono biju man-nen eiho-yo, sokai Yasumi (Made to commemorate the marriage of the prince [Hirohito, Emperor Showa] on the 26th of January, Taisho 13 [1924] by Yasumi), with tomobako, the inside of the lid bearing the same inscription and dated, signed and sealed by the artist. 23cm (9in) high. (2).
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