16th Jun, 2023 11:00
Fine Japanese Art
122
OHASHI SAN’EMON: A MASTERFUL PAIR OF BRONZE TAKAOKA SHO-FORM KORO (INCENSE BURNERS)
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
By Ohashi San’emon (Sanzaemon, 1851-1895), signed Dai Nihon Teikoku Toyama Ken Takaoka Shi Ohashi San’emon seizo
Japan, Takaoka, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Each censer multi-tiered and set on a hexagonal base surmounted by six flared feet formed as baku. An open-worked structure with six roof tiles showing various beast masks, ho-o and shachihoko (dragonfish) supports the large container for incense in the shape of a sho (Buddhist reed instrument) with dragon handles and further decorated in masterful iro-e takazogan as well as shakudo and gold hirazogan with ho-o birds, various instruments and mon-emblems.
Each with an incised inscription and signature to the base: Dai Nihon Teikoku Toyama ken Takaoka Shi OHASHI SAN’ EMON seizo [Made by Ohashi San'emon, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, Great Imperial Japan].
HEIGHT each 49 cm
WEIGHT 7,333 g & 7,565 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use.
Provenance: Private collection in Massachusetts, Boston.
Ohashi San'emon was born in 1851 and died in 1895, his most active period was between 1875-1895 and his contemporary metal artists were Kakuha Kanzaemon IX (Kakuha Zenjiro), Yokoyama Yazaemon II (1845-1903) and Kanamori Soshichi (1821-1892), who were pioneering doki (Japanese bronze ware) based in Takaoka, Etchu Province and Kaga Province, present-day Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures. They made many fine bronze items for domestic and foreign exhibitions and for the oversea markets.
The history of casting copper alloys in Takaoka, the provincial capital of Etchu (present day Toyama Prefecture), is reputed to date to the early Edo period, the industry encouraged by the local feudal government as a source of income. Around 1830, new sales venues were developed, extending from Edo city to the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago, eventually expanding to overseas export markets during the Bakumatsu era.
Auction comparison:
Compare an inlaid bronze vase by Ohashi Sanzaemon at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 13 September 2017, New York, lot 1059 (sold for 16,250 USD). Also compare a pair of bronze Takaoka vases, by Yazaemon II, at Bonhams, Tradition, Travel, Transition – Japanese Art across the centuries, 4 November 2021, London, lot 139 (sold for 12,750 GBP).
By Ohashi San’emon (Sanzaemon, 1851-1895), signed Dai Nihon Teikoku Toyama Ken Takaoka Shi Ohashi San’emon seizo
Japan, Takaoka, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Each censer multi-tiered and set on a hexagonal base surmounted by six flared feet formed as baku. An open-worked structure with six roof tiles showing various beast masks, ho-o and shachihoko (dragonfish) supports the large container for incense in the shape of a sho (Buddhist reed instrument) with dragon handles and further decorated in masterful iro-e takazogan as well as shakudo and gold hirazogan with ho-o birds, various instruments and mon-emblems.
Each with an incised inscription and signature to the base: Dai Nihon Teikoku Toyama ken Takaoka Shi OHASHI SAN’ EMON seizo [Made by Ohashi San'emon, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, Great Imperial Japan].
HEIGHT each 49 cm
WEIGHT 7,333 g & 7,565 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use.
Provenance: Private collection in Massachusetts, Boston.
Ohashi San'emon was born in 1851 and died in 1895, his most active period was between 1875-1895 and his contemporary metal artists were Kakuha Kanzaemon IX (Kakuha Zenjiro), Yokoyama Yazaemon II (1845-1903) and Kanamori Soshichi (1821-1892), who were pioneering doki (Japanese bronze ware) based in Takaoka, Etchu Province and Kaga Province, present-day Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures. They made many fine bronze items for domestic and foreign exhibitions and for the oversea markets.
The history of casting copper alloys in Takaoka, the provincial capital of Etchu (present day Toyama Prefecture), is reputed to date to the early Edo period, the industry encouraged by the local feudal government as a source of income. Around 1830, new sales venues were developed, extending from Edo city to the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago, eventually expanding to overseas export markets during the Bakumatsu era.
Auction comparison:
Compare an inlaid bronze vase by Ohashi Sanzaemon at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 13 September 2017, New York, lot 1059 (sold for 16,250 USD). Also compare a pair of bronze Takaoka vases, by Yazaemon II, at Bonhams, Tradition, Travel, Transition – Japanese Art across the centuries, 4 November 2021, London, lot 139 (sold for 12,750 GBP).
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