A LARGE JAPANESE TAKAOKA COPPER VASE ATTRIBUTED TO TAKENAKA MASAHARU II

A LARGE JAPANESE TAKAOKA COPPER VASE ATTRIBUTED TO TAKENAKA MASAHARU II
DATED SHOWA 30, 1955

The bulbous flattened body raised on a short foot and with an everted rim, decorated with two cranes in flight amongst stylised reeds and with a chrysanthemum kikumon above, the design rendered in gilt and silver on the midnight-blue ground, 29cm; together with a wooden plaque inscribed Hoshuku tenno heika gozaii sanju shunen kinen sakuhin, ju sokaku zu, Takenaka Masaharu saku (Made by Takenaka Masaharu, with the auspicious design of a pair of cranes, made to commemorate and celebrate the 30^th year of reign of the Showa Emperor), with the seal Masaharu; in a tomobako box, inscribed Chudo kabin, Seiseido (Made by Seiseido, a cast bronze vase) and sealed Seisei (Masaharu). (2)