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Lot 227
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Lot 227 · Metal · H 18 cm花器
INTERIOR VASE WITH MALACHITE PATINA
Estimate
15 000 – 22 000 ₽
- Original box (tomobako)
- Workshop
Zuisho-do (Takaoka ware, Toyama Prefecture).
- Material
Bronze, art casting, complex chemical oxidation.
- Period
Second half of the 20th century.
- Dimensions
Height — 18 cm.
- Description
An elegant pear-shaped vase with a narrow neck and wide rim. Made of cast bronze. The surface has a unique artist’s patina of deep emerald-green with a decorative texture of artificial crackle imitating antique malachite.
- Marks
On the base of the vase — the Zuisho workshop mark.
- Contents
Original wooden tomobakoTomobako 共箱 — an authentic box of valuable, seasoned wood (often paulownia), made specially for a particular piece. On the lid the master or owner personally inscribes in ink the calligraphic title of the object, his signature and the impression of a personal seal. It is the principal certificate of authenticity. box with the artist’s calligraphic signature and personal seal impression.