NAKAJIMA YASUMI II (1905-86)

NAKAJIMA YASUMI II (1905-86)
TSUDA EIJU (1915-2001)
SHOWA/HEISEI, 20TH CENTURY

Three Japanese bronze vases, two a pair by Eiju, each one with a tall cylindrical body and four horizontal ribs, both with a seal mark for Eiju; the other vase by Yasumi with a slender waisted shape, signed to the base; all with an individual inscribed tomobako wood box, 20.3cm max. (6)

Provenance: a British private collection.

Cf. T & M Becker, Twentieth Century Japanese Bronze Flower Vases, The Becker Collection, pp.120-121, where one of the two vases is illustrated and discussed. The authors explain that Tsuda Eiju worked mainly for the Imperial family, and became particularly famous for his murashi-do patina. He was awarded the Grand Prize at the Nitten Japanese Fine Art Exhibition in 1962.