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THREE SILVER VASES
411 Two by Masyoshi and one by Kobayashi Kako
250 | BONHAMS for the Hattori Company, Taisho (1912-1926) or
Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century
Comprising two forming a pair of octagonal
section pear-shaped vases, each delicately
engraved in plain line engraving and sunk relief,
one with three crabs and the second depicting
Hotel leaning wistfully against his treasure
sack, his gnarled bamboo cane trailing behind,
the side of each vase signed with chiselled
characters Masayoshi koku and stamped on
the base Jungin (Pure silver, made by Hattori),
each vase 15cm (5 7/8in) high; the third
similarly engraved with details in katakiribori
(engraving with an angled chisel emulating
brushstrokes) with a bird beside clumps of
chrysanthemums, the side of the vase signed
with chiselled characters Kako sen and the
base stamped Jungin Hattori sei (Real Silver,
made by Hattori), 20.3cm (8in) high. (3).

£1,200 - 1,500
JPY170,000 - 210,000
US$1,500 - 1,900

411
AN INLAID SILVER CYLINDRICAL
VESSEL AND COVER
By Shigenobu, Meiji era (1868-1912),
probably 1904
Worked around the body in low-relief of silver,
gold and bronze with the Shichifukujin (Seven
Gods of Good Fortune), each with their
attributes, merry and cavorting at a banquet,
Fukurokujiu dancing, the cover similarly
decorated with takaramono (treasures)
including the kakuregasa (hat of invisibility),
the kanebukuro (inexhaustible purse), tsuchi
(Daikoku’s hammer) and the kakuremino
(raincoat of invisibility), signed on the side
with chiselled characters Kinoe-tatsu kugatsu
Mukojima ni oite Zeshin no zu o naratte, Ichi
[...]sai Shigenobu kizamu with seal Nobu
(Carved by Ichi [...]sai Shigenobu after the
painting by Zeshin at Mukojima, in September
in the year of kinoe-tatsu [probably, 1904]),
with a removable silver cylindrical liner; signed
on the base Shigenobu within a pot-shaped
cartouche.
11.7cm (4 9/16in) high. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

The artist Shigenobu may be Onozawa
Shigenobu (born 1868), pupil of the
outstanding metalworker Yamada
Motonobu (1847-1897, see lot 401 and
Wakayama Takeshi, Kinko jiten [A Dictionary
of Metalworkers], Tokyo, Token Shunju
Shinbunsha, 1999, p.597).

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