Japanese Bronze Vase Showa period by Nakajima Yasumi II, 1960's

Elegant Showa period Japanese Seido Bronze vase. Engraved signature at the bottom. Nakajima Yasumi, also known as Yasumi II, learned traditional metal techniques from his family tha...

Hasuda Shugoro graduated from Tokyo School of Arts in 1938 with a specialisation in crafts (chukin). He received many awards including : the Nitten Award and the Hokuto award. He received the most prestigious Japanese cultural recognition when he became a Person of Cultural Merit in 1991. He was one of the founders of the Creative Crafts Association as well as rue Japan Metal Sculpture...

A free blown, cased glass, facet cut Art-object “Prisma”, model KF 249, in blue, yellow and green hues. Designed by Kaj Franck in 1953 and executed by the Nuutajärvi-Notsjö glassworks, Finland in 1963. These vases were made between 1954 and 1968 in four different sizes ranges, this example falls within the medium/large size range. This "Prisma" is in good condition. No cracks or chips and only some minor scratches. It is fully marked underneath the base in diamond pen...

This stoneware vase named "Pike Mouth" by Gunnar Nylund (1914-1997) who was one of Sweden’s most famous ceramic designers. He was the creative director of R...

Mid-century ceramic artist Gunnar Nylund's Glazed Stoneware Vase made for Rörstrand, circa 1950s. Incised signature and studio mark to underside: [R Rubus GN Sweden 9]. Image 7: Gunn...

Mid-size white Surrea vase by Wilhelm Kage, Swedish Modernism, 1940s The Surrea collection is embodied by white, Carrara glazed ceramics that feature offset forms. As the name of th...

Bronze vase by Nakajima Yasumi II (1905-1986), Showa period, Circa 1960-70. Patinated dark reddish brown, the vase has a slender waisted shape. The base cast with a seal-style signature, along with the inscribed Tomobako (Paulownia) wood storage box. In good condition, the vase shows some rubbing with handling and there is a small area of very minor marks. Please refer to the last photograph. The storage box is in very good condition. Born in Osaka, the eldest son of the well-known metal artist Nakajima Yasumi I, Yasumi II graduated from the Sendai National Crafting Academy in 1932. In 1933 he exhibited for the first time at the Export Crafts Exhibition, and went on to show his work several times outside Japan at the Grande Salon de Paris...

Bronze vase by Nakajima Yasumi II (1905-1986) Japan, from the period 1960-1970s. Stamped with the artist's seal. Height: 25.6 cm. (10"). Diameter: 9.2 cm. (3.6").

Yasumi Nakajima II (1906-1988) Ikebana vase, circa 1960, Japan. Trumpet form, Tomoe model, with nice patinated brown-red (seido) bronze. Signed underneath. Dimensions: 26 cm H, 9 ...

Exceptionally shaped bronze vase with a striking ‘coarse’-textured red mottled patina. The bowl subtly shaped like a flower, its slightly concave body flanked by ‘butterfly wing’-sha...

Japanese Showa period hourglass form patinated vase, circa 1960.

Japanese bronze vase by Tsuda Eiju (1915-2001) Showa period - Circa 1960. The vase having a tall cylindrical body and four horizontal ribs, the base cast with a seal-style signature...