Product Description

6862                A hammered bronze okimono (decorative object) of a stylised bird

Japan 20^th century Shōwa 18 (1943)

Signed: Shōwa jūhachinen aki, Chisei saku (Autumn of Showa 18 (1943).

Made by Chisei)

Dimensions: H. 6″ x W. 4¾” x L. 17″ (15cm x 12cm x 43cm)

Accompanied by a tomobako (original wood box)

Box lid (top): Tankin, zuichō okimono. Chisei-saku (Hammered metal, an okimono of an auspicious bird, made by Chisei)

Box lid (inside label): Murayama Chisei sensei saku, Nagoya Shōtoku taishi sankai, bijutsu tenrankai shuppinsaku, shōwa jūhachinen aki, Chisei saku (Made by Master Murayama Chisei, which was exhibited at the Prince Shotoku Society group exhibition in Nagoya, in the autumn of Showa 18 (1943), a work by Chisei)