Bronze vase decorated with the landscape of Miyajima

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.311.1
Type: vase; object for daily use; metalwork
Date of production:
ca. 1900
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Signed: Inoue /井上
Materials/Techniques: bronze; gold, silver, steel inlay
Dimensions: height. 12.1 cm
diameter (mouth). 2.2 cm
diameter (base). 3.2 cm
diameter (body): 7.5 cm
weight: max. 1 kg
Vase with a landscape featuring a torii in water (View of Miyajima).

About the Inoue Company in Kyoto:
Impley, Oliver R. et al eds., 『ナセル・D・ハリリコレクション: 海を渡った日本の美術』/ The Nasser D. Khalili Collection. Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan. Vol. 2/1 (Metal), Kyoto, 同朋舎出版, 1994., n. 12.

Impley, Oliver R. et al eds., 『ナセル・D・ハリリコレクション: 海を渡った日本の美術』/ The Nasser D. Khalili Collection. Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan. Vol. 2/2 (Metal), Kyoto, 同朋舎出版, 1994, n. 87.