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A PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE OVIFORM VASES The unusual and distinctive shape derives from the same source
By Hokugaku Yokoyama Yazaemon II (Takasumi, 1845-1903), as a pair of vases in the Khalili collection which probably forms the
Takaoka, Meiji era (1868-1912), 1880s matching pair to the present lot, illustrated by Joe Earle, Splendors
Depicting the fight between Benkei and Yoshitsune on the Gojo Bridge, of Imperial Japan, Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection,
the two combatants appearing on separate vases, the reverse of each Khalili Family Trust, London, 2002, p.57, cat.no.15.
with a single figure beneath a cherry tree in a mountain landscape,
all rendered with well-carved detail and inlaid in iro-e takazogan, the A tall koro (incense burner) by the artist and signed Dai Nippon Kashu
areas above and below carved with elaborate repeat patterns, the feet no ju Enchu sei Etchu no ju nidai Hokugaku Yokoyama Yazakemon
carved as grotesque masks, the handles as dragonfish, both signed saku is illustrated in Takaoka doki: Meiji-ki chokin meisakushu
Dai Nippon Etchu no ju Hokugaku Yokoyama Takasumi saku. (Takaoka Bronzes: Collected Masterpieces of Meiji-Era Metalwork),
31.8cm (12½in) high. (2). Meiji-ki Takaoka Doki Chokin Meisaku Hozonkai (Association for
the Preservation of Masterpieces of Meiji-Era Bronze Vessels and
£10,000 - 15,000 Metalwork from Takaoka), Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, 1985,
JPY1,500,000 - 2,300,000 unpaginated, no.10.
US$14,000 - 20,000

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