Lot 597 Dα

A bronze vase by Hannya Kankei (born 1933). Takaoka. Around 1980

Of ovoid shape with an almost horizontal shoulder, the chestnut brown patina bearing reddish brown streaks. At the base cast mark Kankei. Tomobako, the lid with an inscription reading Hon... shûdô kabin and signed Kankei saku and sealed Kankei, the reverse of the lid with an inscription dated Shôwa 63 (1988).
Height 27 cm