Width: 4cms
Height: 18cms
Date: Circa 1880
Product Code: KPME141
Artist / Company: Ozeki Company
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From our collection of fine metalwork from the time of Emperor Meiji, (1868-1912) this elegant Japanese Silver and Shakudo vase with multi-metal decoration of birds among foliage, signed Kazuhisa, (artist name, Kogyokusai) along with the mark of the celebrated Ozeki Company
The body of the vase with fine and restrained decoration of Pigeons and Sparrows on the ground among Orchids. A large and detailed Poppy dominates the foreground on the reverse and a Butterfly in Shakudo is rendered in minute detail feeding on one of the blooms. The detail of the decoration on this vase is extraordinary, rendered with a mastery of coloured alloys not often seen in contempory works. The ground is a Satin sheen as opposed to a mirror finish silver. This allows the details of the design to take on a softer, more painterly feel.
The neck of the vase is a simple, but impactful dark Black, almost Blue Shakudo.
Offered in excellent condition. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional information, further images or to arrange a viewing.
Click on the video below to see a slide-show of photographs of this wonderful piece:
Dove
In Japan the dove is the familiar of Hachiman, the deity of archery and war he is present in Shinto and Buddhist beliefs. The dove represented that after war peace would come, a fat dove gorging on a grain store is likely to represent a time of great peace and prosperity.
Poppy
Poppies tend to symbolize a fun approach to life, and of course they have connections to opium, while opium was popular all over the world during the Meiji period Japan banned it’s use.
Ozeki
Ozeki was a company active in the Meiji Period and early 20th century which specialised in commissioning and working with the very best craftsmen of the day. They produced many outstanding works which were exhibited in the great expositions of the time.
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