Lot 324
MIYABE ATSUYOSHI (AC. LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' VASES, MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 ‘大日本京都住 一光堂 宮部篤良造’款 銅花鳥紋瓶 帶木座 （一對）
each decorated in relief in silver, copper, and bronze with a bird perched on a stalk in a floral bush, opposite further with two birds in flight, the base signed with chiselled characters Dai Nihon Kyoto no ju Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi with a kaō, with wooden stands (2)
Dimensions
15.3cm high each; 582g; 568g
Provenance
Private collection, Glasgow
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Footnote
Compare to several vases made by the same maker, Miyabe Atsuyoshi, and with similar style of marks, one pair of inlaid slender ovoid bronze vases, decorated with egrets, sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 484; another also with egrets and irises, sold at Bonhams New York, 25 March 2026, lot 1040. Also see a larger pair of inlaid baluster bronze vases, by Miyabe Atsuyoshi, with a slightly different font of marks, sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 505.