Lot 257*
A bronze hexagonal facetted cylindrical vase By Kurihara Sadanori, Edo Period, Tenpo era, mid 19th century
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Find your local specialistA bronze hexagonal facetted cylindrical vase
By Kurihara Sadanori, Edo Period, Tenpo era, mid 19th century
Of archaic form and raised on six low bulbous feet, each face carved in openwork and relief with different auspicious figural scenes in landscapes, inspired by Chinese ink paintings, the shoulder applied with two dragon handles; with removable inner copper liner, the base cast with the maker's seal Dai Nippon Tenpo nen Kurihara Sadanori chu. 34cm (13 3/8in) high. (2).
Of archaic form and raised on six low bulbous feet, each face carved in openwork and relief with different auspicious figural scenes in landscapes, inspired by Chinese ink paintings, the shoulder applied with two dragon handles; with removable inner copper liner, the base cast with the maker's seal Dai Nippon Tenpo nen Kurihara Sadanori chu. 34cm (13 3/8in) high. (2).
Footnotes
中国人物図六角銅花瓶 栗原貞乗 江戸時代（19世紀中期）
Little is known of Kurihara Sadanori other than that he was a pupil of the pioneering metalworker Murata Seimin (1761-1837), who was the first in Edo to perfect the technique of wax-model casting. Kurihara's work of a bronze bunchin (paper weight) in the form of two turtles is in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum.
