A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIMIZU NANZAN KINSEI (SHIMIZU NANZAN; 1875-1948)

A PAIR OF SILVER PRESENTATION VASES
TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIMIZU NANZAN KINSEI (SHIMIZU NANZAN; 1875-1948)
Each vase of tapering ovoid form with high chamfered shoulder and flared neck, finely carved and inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo with mountain and village landscape, applied with gold sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest of the Imperial Household on neck, signature on base
13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) high each approx.

Provenance
Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji period: a Focus on Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum (Mishima-shi: Sano Bijutsukan, 2010). exh. cat. plate 29.