A pair of inlaid and engraved silver baluster vases with chrysanthemum, bamboo and plum design
By Shimomura Yoshikuni, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 20th century
Each vase similarly engraved in katakiribori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and kebori (plain line engraving) with a complementary design representing ‘The Three Friends of Winter’ (shochikubai: pine, prunus and bamboo), one vase decorated with the branches of a plum tree meandering among stems of bamboo, the second vase with chrysanthumums (a mixture of plain and fancy long-petalled varieties) bending against tall stems of bamboo, the stamens of some of the flowers inlaid in gilt, each vase signed on the reverse with chiselled characters Yoshikuni koku and seal Yoshi enclosed within a circular seal and stamped on the base Jungin (Pure silver); with one tomobako, inscribed on the outside Kabin and inside the lid, signed by the artist Shimomura Yoshikuni with seal Hobi, and two separate wood stands. Each vase: 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high. (5).

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