TSUDA EIJU (1915-2001)

TSUDA EIJU (1915-2001)
SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

A tall Japanese bronze vase, the cylindrical body with a reddish-brown patina and cast with a series of horizontal ribs, with a seal mark for Eisu to the base; together with a trumpet-shaped bronze vase with a central bulb, unsigned; both with inscribed tomobako wood boxes, 24cm and 29.9cm respectively. (4)

Provenance: a British private collection.

Cf. T & M Becker, Twentieth Century Japanese Bronze Flower Vases, The Becker Collection, pp.122-123, where the ribbed piece 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.