OSHIMA JOUN: A FINE BRONZE ‘DRIED FISH, PERSIMMONS AND EDAMAME’ VASE

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OSHIMA JOUN: A FINE BRONZE ‘DRIED FISH, PERSIMMONS AND EDAMAME’ VASE By Oshima Joun (1858-1940), signed Joun saku Kaneda sei Japan, early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Taisho period (1912-1926) The beautifully cast vase rising from a short, splayed foot to a gently waisted neck with everted rim, finely worked in relief with two fish beside edamame pods and grains and the reverse with a branch of fruiting of persimmons. Signed in a rectangular reserve to the underside JOUN saku Kaneda sei [made by Joun for Kaneda]. HEIGHT 26.6 cm (excl. stand) 29.2 cm (incl. stand) WEIGHT 2.1 kg (excl. stand) With a reticulated wood stand. Oshima Joun (1858-1940) was a professor at Tokyo School of Art from 1887 until 1932 and is regarded as one of the most celebrated bronze-casters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He exhibited at several of the great international expositions of the era, including Paris (1900), St. Louis (1904) and London (1910). Auction comparison: Compare a related bronze vase with monkeys by Oshima Joun, at Bonhams, 29 cm tall, Fine Japanese Art, 12 May 2016, London, lot 523 (sold for GBP 3,750 or approx. EUR 6,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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