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TWO INLAID OVOID BRONZE VASES A SILVER OKIMONO OF A KESTREL AN INLAID SILVER AND CLOISONNÉ-
One by Katsuyuki and one by the Inoue PERCHED ON A BRONZE TREE TRUNK ENAMEL VASE
Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), By Masatsune, Meiji era (1868-1912), By Kogyokusai Kazuhisa (active circa
late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century 1890-1910) for the Ozeki Company, Meiji era
The first decorated in gilt, bronze and shakudo Constructed separately and perched with its (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
flat relief with three cranes in flight over a wings partly spread, alert and poised, ready Decorated in varying degrees of relief
treasure ship filled with precious objects, to pounce on unsuspecting prey, its beak and of silver, shakudo and gold with stalks
signed on the reverse Katsuyuki koku with legs of gilt, signed on the underside of its tail of peonies growing from behind a tied
a seal Katsu, 19cm (7½in) high; the second Masatsune chu within a rectangular reserve; shibagaki (brushwood fence), the tall
inlaid in bronze, silver and shakudo high relief on a detachable gnarled bronze tree trunk. trumpet neck decorated with sprays of wild
with a solitary bird perched on a flowering The hawk: 14cm x 27.5cm (5½in x 10¾in); chrysanthemums and dandelions, the foot
cherry tree, signed on the base Inoue and on the trunk: 27.5cm x 31cm (5½in x 12 1/16in). (2). with fragmented shippo-zunagi (linked-jewels);
the reverse with chiselled characters Yuki [...], signed on the side with chiselled cursive
14.3cm (5 5/8in) high. (2). £3,000 - 5,000 signature Kogyokusai Kazuhisa and on the
JPY450,000 - 760,000 base signed Ozeki sei within a seal.
£1,200 - 1,800 US$4,200 - 7,100 24cm (9 3/8in) high.
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,700 - 2,500 £4,000 - 6,000
JPY600,000 - 910,000
US$5,700 - 8,500

For Kogyokusai Yasuhisa see Robert E.
Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings
and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany,
Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, no.H02994.
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