Description TSUYOSH I: A PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE BALUSTER VASES BY MIYABE FOR THE HAMADA COMPANY
By Miyabe Atsuyoshi, signed Hamada Sei Atsuyoshi tsukuru
Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The bronze vases each inlaid in silver, shakudo and copper with sparrows (suzume) in flight amid wisteria growing from a grassy ground with flowers. Each vase signed underneath Hamada Sei Atsuyoshi tsukuru [Made for Hamada, by Atsuyoshi].
HEIGHT 21.4 cm (each)
WEIGHT 3,132 g (in total)
Condition: Some abrasions and traces of old wear, fundamentally very good condition.
Provenance: From a French private collection. One vase inscribed “C 150 2/14”, indicating a previous museum deaccession.
Auction comparison:
A related pair also made for the Hamada company was sold by Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 17 May 2018, London, lot 453 (
sold for 3,750 GBP).