Lot 348
FINE INLAID BRONZE 'FLORAL' VASE
BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI OF KYOTO (ACTIVE CA. 1850-1900), MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
明治 宮部篤良 銅花鳥紋瓶
of ovoid form, decorated in relief with flowers and leaves, four birds in flight, signed in chiselled characters on the base Dainihon Kyoto no ju Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi (Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi of Kyoto in Japan), with a kao
Dimensions
17.52cm high; 1712g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Renfrewshire
Footnote
Miyabe Atsuyoshi (宮部篤良) was a master bronze smith who lived in Kyoto. He exhibited domestically and internationally at the turn of the twentieth century and at the World’s Fair in St. Louis in 1904.
He is recorded in Wakayama Takeshi (若山猛), Kinko jiten (金工事典, Dictionary of Metalworkers), Tokyo, Token Shunju Shinbunsha (刀剣春秋新聞社), 1999, p.1141, as a maker of sword- fittings and a pupil of Shinoyama Tokuoki (1813-1891), active in Kyoto during the late Edo period and early Meiji era.