Two Japanese Bronze Vases
Two Japanese Bronze Vases
20th Century
the first having a baluster body with rouneded, broad shoulders, tapering to a spreading foot, a dished mouth, the exterior cast with two registers showing phoenix birds, kirin, dragons, turtles and elephants alternating above Chinese archaitisc motifs, the underside case with a nine-character mark; the second the compressed body above spreading foot decorated with lappet leaves, the tall cylindrical neck mounted with two concentric rings and decorated with mythical beast-masks, flanked by a pair of phoenix bird-form handles, surmounted by a flared mouth.
Height of taller 15 1/4 in., 38.7 cm.
Property from the José M. Neistein Collection Asian Art The yen yen vase with restorations to the foot and body.
JOSÉ MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in São Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.
Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy as
Executive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for the
Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
José Neistein's art collection, universal and eclectic, had been developed over 50 years of acquisition and study. Its growth reflected, all over the years, the diversification of the collector’s interests, the maturing of his taste, and the
deepening of its quality.
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Two Japanese Bronze Vases
20th Century
the first having a baluster body with rouneded, broad shoulders, tapering to a spreading foot, a dished mouth, the exterior cast with two registers showing phoenix birds, kirin, dragons, turtles and elephants alternating above Chinese archaitisc motifs, the underside case with a nine-character mark; the second the compressed body above spreading foot decorated with lappet leaves, the tall cylindrical neck mounted with two concentric rings and decorated with mythical beast-masks, flanked by a pair of phoenix bird-form handles, surmounted by a flared mouth.
Height of taller 15 1/4 in., 38.7 cm.
Property from the José M. Neistein Collection Asian Art The yen yen vase with restorations to the foot and body.
JOSÉ MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in São Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.
Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy as
Executive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for the
Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
José Neistein's art collection, universal and eclectic, had been developed over 50 years of acquisition and study. Its growth reflected, all over the years, the diversification of the collector’s interests, the maturing of his taste, and the
deepening of its quality.
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