Paintbrush holder with seaside landscape, boats, and pines

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.313.1
Type: object for daily use; metalwork
Date of production:
ca 1910
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Base: Inoue (井上), and three calligraphic signs on the side (designer?)
Materials/Techniques: bronze; inlaid and overlaid with silver, gold and brass
Dimensions: height 9.1 cm
diameter (mouth) 6.8 cm
diameter (base) 6.7 cm
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.