A globular light brown bronze vase. First half 20th century - image-1

Lot 742 Dα

A globular light brown bronze vase. First half 20th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 806 € (incl. premium)
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A globular light brown bronze vase. First half 20th century

A globular light brown bronze vase with a stylised shrimp in relief. Engraved signature Shihô at the base. First half 20th century.
Height 14.5 cm

Watanabe Shihô (1896-?) studied metal casting under Oshima Joun at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music), where he later also became a professor. Prior to the Pacific War, he exhibited frequently at the government-sponsored Teiten and Shin-Bunten exhibitions. His work is in the collections of the Tokyo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.

Provenance

Private collection, The Netherlands