13th Jun, 2025 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
27
TOSHINAGA FOR THE HAMADA COMPANY: A SUPERB SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ VASE
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
By Toshinaga, signed Hamada Toshinaga saku
Japan, Kyoto, late 19th to early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The cylindrical body supported on a short waisted foot and raising to a short neck with a thick-lipped mouth. Intricately worked in silver takazogan and kebori to depict a four-clawed dragon with horns inlaid in gold flying among swirling clouds and dew drops inlaid in silver, amidst lotus ponds inlaid in dark patinated shakudo, and below a finely incised pond with flying and standing cranes. The neck decorated with a stylized dragon design on a rough texture ground, signed at the base Hamada TOSHINAGA saku [made by Toshinaga for the Hamada company].
HEIGHT 30.2 cm
WEIGHT 1,806 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacture irregularities, few scattered small nicks and surface scratches.
Provenance: From the collection of Eskil Artberg. Eskil Artberg (1886-1974) was an important Swedish dealer of Asian art. Together with his brother John Artberg he founded the antique shop Japanska Magasinet in Stockholm in 1909. The brothers were actively involved in trading Japanese and Chinese works of art and contributed to early exhibitions by lending objects, including the 1911 exhibition of Japanese art at the Konstakademin. Initially, their shop specialized in Japanese works of art and high-quality Japanese paper, which was popular among Swedish artists in the early 20th century. However, as interest in Japanese art declined after World War II, Eskil shifted his focus toward Chinese works of art. Today, both the Ethnographic Museum and the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquites of Stockholm hold objects acquired from Japanska Magasinet.
The Hamada Company, based in Kyoto, was a prominent manufacturer and distributor of cloisonné and fine metalwork during the Meiji era, a time when Japan was actively promoting its traditional crafts on the global stage. Notably, the company participated in the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition and the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
By Toshinaga, signed Hamada Toshinaga saku
Japan, Kyoto, late 19th to early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The cylindrical body supported on a short waisted foot and raising to a short neck with a thick-lipped mouth. Intricately worked in silver takazogan and kebori to depict a four-clawed dragon with horns inlaid in gold flying among swirling clouds and dew drops inlaid in silver, amidst lotus ponds inlaid in dark patinated shakudo, and below a finely incised pond with flying and standing cranes. The neck decorated with a stylized dragon design on a rough texture ground, signed at the base Hamada TOSHINAGA saku [made by Toshinaga for the Hamada company].
HEIGHT 30.2 cm
WEIGHT 1,806 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacture irregularities, few scattered small nicks and surface scratches.
Provenance: From the collection of Eskil Artberg. Eskil Artberg (1886-1974) was an important Swedish dealer of Asian art. Together with his brother John Artberg he founded the antique shop Japanska Magasinet in Stockholm in 1909. The brothers were actively involved in trading Japanese and Chinese works of art and contributed to early exhibitions by lending objects, including the 1911 exhibition of Japanese art at the Konstakademin. Initially, their shop specialized in Japanese works of art and high-quality Japanese paper, which was popular among Swedish artists in the early 20th century. However, as interest in Japanese art declined after World War II, Eskil shifted his focus toward Chinese works of art. Today, both the Ethnographic Museum and the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquites of Stockholm hold objects acquired from Japanska Magasinet.
The Hamada Company, based in Kyoto, was a prominent manufacturer and distributor of cloisonné and fine metalwork during the Meiji era, a time when Japan was actively promoting its traditional crafts on the global stage. Notably, the company participated in the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition and the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
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