THREE MIXED-METAL-INLAID SILVER AND SHIBUICHI VASES BY THE OZEKI COMPANY EACH SEALED ON BASE OZEKI SEI , MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Each vase with shibuichi body and long, tapering silver neck and applied with high-relief inlays in various metals including gold, silver, copper, and shakudo , the first and second also with various coloured enamel inlays; the first with lobed neck and shaped foot, the body depicting carpenters building a large sculpture of Enma-daio (Great King Enma), signed Toto Uguisudani ju Ito Masami kore (o) kizamu and an inlaid seal Masami sei the second with lobed neck, the body depicting a painter and his assistant surprised to see the apparition of characters from his painting, stylised flowers and scrolls under the rim, a meander band to the foot, signed Bokusuihen Seiryoken Katsuhira sui and kao (Hagiya Katsuhira, 1804-1886) to the body the third with a bird perched in a blossoming cherry branches above a stream, the neck with stylised and elongated petals, a meander band to the mouth rim, signed Kogyokusai and an inlaid pot seal Kazuhisa (Kogyokusai Kazuhisa) to the body, sealed Ozeki sei in a double gourd in gold and copper inlays to the base 25.8 cm., 24.3 cm. and 24.3 cm. high respectively
THREE MIXED-METAL-INLAID SILVER AND SHIBUICHI VASES BY THE OZEKI COMPANY EACH SEALED ON BASE OZEKI SEI , MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Each vase with shibuichi body and long, tapering silver neck and applied with high-relief inlays in various metals including gold, silver, copper, and shakudo , the first and second also with various coloured enamel inlays; the first with lobed neck and shaped foot, the body depicting carpenters building a large sculpture of Enma-daio (Great King Enma), signed Toto Uguisudani ju Ito Masami kore (o) kizamu and an inlaid seal Masami sei the second with lobed neck, the body depicting a painter and his assistant surprised to see the apparition of characters from his painting, stylised flowers and scrolls under the rim, a meander band to the foot, signed Bokusuihen Seiryoken Katsuhira sui and kao (Hagiya Katsuhira, 1804-1886) to the body the third with a bird perched in a blossoming cherry branches above a stream, the neck with stylised and elongated petals, a meander band to the mouth rim, signed Kogyokusai and an inlaid pot seal Kazuhisa (Kogyokusai Kazuhisa) to the body, sealed Ozeki sei in a double gourd in gold and copper inlays to the base 25.8 cm., 24.3 cm. and 24.3 cm. high respectively
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