A large bronze vase. Around 1972 - image-1

Lot 361 Dα

A large bronze vase. Around 1972

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 11:00 - Indian, Southeast Asian and Japanese Art
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A large bronze vase. Around 1972

A large bronze vase of globular shape with three large whirlpools in relief. Signed Yoshikazu to the base. Tomobako inscribed on the lid Uzumaki ...mon (whirlpool pattern) seido no tsubo (pot of bronze), and to the reverse signed Yoshikazu zô and sealed Shûshi Nakamura shi. Around 1972.
Height 21.8 cm

Nakamura Yoshikazu, a metal artist from Takaoka in Toyama prefecture, participated at an exhibition for the first time in 1926 and was represented at the World's Fair in Liège in 1930. Many exihibitions followed.