JOMI EISUKE LINEAGE OF KYOTO A Pair of Inlaid Bronz...
JOMI EISUKE LINEAGE OF KYOTO
A Pair of Inlaid Bronze Vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase decorated in high relief gold, silver, shakudo, copper and bronze inlay, depicting a bird flying among blooming seasonal plants and flowers issuing from behind a simulated latticed fence, forming a matching design, one vase with a shijukara (titmouse) and dragonfly hovering over obana (pampas grass), hagi (bush clover), yamazakura (mountain cherry) and nanohana (carola flower), the second vase with a cuckoo in flight among kiku (chrysanthemums), botan (peonies) and sakuraso (primrose), details carved on the surface in raised and sunken relief, the neck of both vases encircled with animals, birds, auspicious and foliate motifs similarly inlaid in silver, bronze and shakudo low relief within a silver-outlined petalled border, all reserved on a reddish-brown patina; each vase signed in seal form on the base Jomi sei. Each vase: 13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. (2).
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JOMI EISUKE LINEAGE OF KYOTO
A Pair of Inlaid Bronze Vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase decorated in high relief gold, silver, shakudo, copper and bronze inlay, depicting a bird flying among blooming seasonal plants and flowers issuing from behind a simulated latticed fence, forming a matching design, one vase with a shijukara (titmouse) and dragonfly hovering over obana (pampas grass), hagi (bush clover), yamazakura (mountain cherry) and nanohana (carola flower), the second vase with a cuckoo in flight among kiku (chrysanthemums), botan (peonies) and sakuraso (primrose), details carved on the surface in raised and sunken relief, the neck of both vases encircled with animals, birds, auspicious and foliate motifs similarly inlaid in silver, bronze and shakudo low relief within a silver-outlined petalled border, all reserved on a reddish-brown patina; each vase signed in seal form on the base Jomi sei. Each vase: 13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. (2).
