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SHOKAKEN: A LARGE BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER WITH KARASU TENGU
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06月13日 下午4点 开拍 / 06月11日 下午3点 截止委托
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SHOKAKEN: A LARGE BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER WITH KARASU TENGUBy Oshima Yasutaro (Shokaken, b. 1849), signed Dai Nihon Kanda kawabe ju, Shokaken kore wo chu Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely cast, the body supported on five elongated legs issuing from beast masks, raised on a circular base detailed with a central roundel enclosing kiku blossoms on a wave-patterned ground, and rising to a cylindrical neck with galleried rim decorated with a band of key-fret, flanked by two handles in the form of winged single-horned dragons, their mouths ajar with a menacing expression. The domed cover with archaistic dragons below a band of circular apertures, all centered by a tall karasu-tengu finial, the figure holding one hatched egg, and with two eggs and an axe to his feet.The koro is crisply cast with finely worked diapered patterns, the body is further cast in relief with a pair of ducks in a pond and two birds on a branch of prunus. The neck with brocade patterns and archaistic decorations above a lappet band. The underside of the body is cast with the inscription and signature Dai-Nihon Kanda kawabe ju, SHOKAKEN kore wo chu [this is cast by Shokaken, resident by the Kanda River, Great Japan].HEIGHT 62 cmWEIGHT 8.9 kgCondition: Very good condition with minor wear, few casting irregularities, the tengu finial reattached, one foot loose, few small losses, small dents, few nicks, and light surface scratches.Before the Meiji period, the casting of bronze had been predominantly made for use in Buddhist ritual paraphernalia and samurai warrior accessories, which flourished during the Edo period (1615-1868). However, due to the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in the mid-19th century, demand for these equipments was only decreasing, and the new Meiji government would eventually issue the Abolition of Buddhism (Haibutsu Kishaku) and the Sword Abolishment Edict (Haitorei) in 1876. Consequently, Japanese metalworkers lost their traditional patrons and were obliged to find new markets for their skills, which resulted in a dissolution of the traditional boundaries of art and definitions of beauty by incorporating Western elements in their craftsmanship. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, decorative bronze vessels were made that were never intended for practical use but purely for visual appreciation.Oshima Yasutaro (artist name: Shokaken) was born to a prominent family of metalworkers in 1849 and was a son of Oshima Takajiro. Together with his younger brother Oshima Joun (1858-1940), he successfully ran a studio called Sanseisha and produced bronzes of the finest quality. In Recollections of Oshima Joun, by Katori Hozuma published in 1941 by Tokyo Chukin-kai (Tokyo Cast Metalwork Association), he talked of his older brother who died young as being of the first rank of bronze metalwork artists in 1878, producing works of the very highest quality and commissioned for the world exhibitions. Shokaken indeed exhibited his works at numerous international expositions, including a metalwork incense burner at the Vienna World Exposition in 1873, which is now housed in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and Contemporary Art, Vienna. (Illustrated in Arts of East and West from World Expositions 1855-1900: Paris, Vienna and Chicago (Commemorating the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan), (Osaka, 2004), p. 20, plate l-16).Auction comparison:Compare a related bronze koro, by Oshima Yasutaro, dated to the Meiji period, 50 cm tall, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 3 December 2021, Vienna, lot 8 (sold for EUR 4,045).

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拍品估价:2,000 - 4,000 欧元 起拍价格:2,000 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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