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8 | ATSUYOSHI: A PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE
BALUSTER VASES BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI
FOR THE HAMADA COMPANY
By Miyabe Atsuyoshi, signed Hamada Sei Atsuyoshi tsukuru
Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The bronze vases each inlaid in silver, shakudo and copper with
sparrows (suzume) in flight amid wisteria growing from a grassy
ground with flowers. Each vase signed underneath Hamada Sei
Atsuyoshi tsukuru [Made for Hamada, by Atsuyoshi].
HEIGHT 21.4 cm (each)
WEIGHT 3,132 g (in total)

Condition: Some abrasions and traces of old wear, fundamentally
very good condition.
Provenance: From a French private collection. One vase inscribed
“C 150 2/14”, indicating a previous museum deaccession.

AUCTION COMPARISON
A related pair also made for the
Hamada company was sold by
Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art,
17 May 2018, London, lot 453
(sold for 3,750 GBP).

Estimate EUR 3,000
Starting price EUR 1,500

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