An elaborate large bronze and mixed-metal hanging vase
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KASO TOKEN KANAGU CHORUSHI SHOAMI DOKI KYUDAI NO MAGO SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI SEN (CARVED BY SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI [1831-1910], THE NINTH-GENERATION DESCENDENT OF SHOAMI DOKI, AS A SWORD-FITTING METALWORKER) ON AN INLAID SILVER RESERVE
An elaborate large bronze and mixed-metal hanging vase Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kaso token kanagu chorushi Shoami Doki kyudai no mago Shoami Katsuyoshi sen (carved by Shoami Katsuyoshi [1831-1910], the ninth-generation descendent of Shoami Doki, as a sword-fitting metalworker) on an inlaid silver reserve Formed as a long gourd entwined with a vine, worked in gold, shakudo , copper and gilt with a snake scrolling up the gourd heading for a mouse hiding under a leaf, the life-like mouse, snake and snail finely carved and chiseled, the leaves richly finished with inlaid gold, copper and shakudo , the mottled surface resembling the natural texture of a gourd body, signature on body of the vase 50in. (127cm.) long With wood box inscribed and certified by Hon'ami Tsunemasa in March 1983
An elaborate large bronze and mixed-metal hanging vase
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KASO TOKEN KANAGU CHORUSHI SHOAMI DOKI KYUDAI NO MAGO SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI SEN (CARVED BY SHOAMI KATSUYOSHI [1831-1910], THE NINTH-GENERATION DESCENDENT OF SHOAMI DOKI, AS A SWORD-FITTING METALWORKER) ON AN INLAID SILVER RESERVE
An elaborate large bronze and mixed-metal hanging vase Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kaso token kanagu chorushi Shoami Doki kyudai no mago Shoami Katsuyoshi sen (carved by Shoami Katsuyoshi [1831-1910], the ninth-generation descendent of Shoami Doki, as a sword-fitting metalworker) on an inlaid silver reserve Formed as a long gourd entwined with a vine, worked in gold, shakudo , copper and gilt with a snake scrolling up the gourd heading for a mouse hiding under a leaf, the life-like mouse, snake and snail finely carved and chiseled, the leaves richly finished with inlaid gold, copper and shakudo , the mottled surface resembling the natural texture of a gourd body, signature on body of the vase 50in. (127cm.) long With wood box inscribed and certified by Hon'ami Tsunemasa in March 1983
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