A silver presentation vase

Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shinya koku (carved by Sekiguchi Shinya; 1877-1932), sealed Shinya

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A silver presentation vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shinya koku (carved by Sekiguchi Shinya; 1877-1932), sealed Shinya
Of high-shouldered ovoid form, worked in relief and inlaid in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi with a pair of kasasagi (magpies) and pine tree, signed on body
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
With original wood box titled jungin sei mannen hoki zu kabin (pure silver flower vase designed with pine tree), signed Sekiguchi Shinya zo, sealed Shinya no in

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Sekiguchi Shinya was born in Tokyo as the son of the celebrated metalworker Sekiguchi Ichiya, who himself was under the tutelage of Goto Ichijo (1791-1876). Shinya studied painting with Hashimoto Gaho (1835-1908) and exhibited at the fourth Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (National Industrial Exposition) in 1895.

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