Bronze vase with a chrysanthemum flower appliqué

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.319.1
Type: vase; object for daily use; metalwork
Date of production:
ca. 1910
Meiji era or Taishō era
Place of production:
Signed: Marked with stylized no (の) hiragana character over a rectangle divided by three vertical lines (for the Japanese character kawa [川],
meaning river)
Materials/Techniques: bronze, silver, enamel
Dimensions: height: 7 cm
diameter: 11 cm
Maker: Nogawa Metalworks (能川商店)

Literature:
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. 90.
http://www.smokingsamurai.com/NOGAWA_NOBORU.html
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23269/lot/535/five-inlaid-bronze-miniature-vases-by-the-nogawa-company-meiji-era-1868-1912-5/