A bronze vase. Kyoto. Around 1900 - image-1

Lot 78 Dα

A bronze vase. Kyoto. Around 1900

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 11:00 - Japanese Art (Decorative Arts, Paintings, Woodcut Prints)
Estimate: 1.800 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A bronze vase. Kyoto. Around 1900

With a slender neck. The body with blossoming wisteria by a bamboo trellis in fine inlays of silver, shakudô, shibuichi, gold and copper. Signed Shôbi sei.



Height 18.1 cm
Height 18.1 cm

Shôbi Eisuke (in Europe Shôbi is read Jomi) was a workshop in Kyoto active for three generations. Shôbi Eisuke II. (1839-1900) had several workshops which produced wares of differing quality. He participated at numerous exhibitions among them the world expositions in Paris 1878 and 1889.