From our recent Japanese Acquisitions.

From Japan comes this beautiful hand cast bronze “wabi sabi” gourd vase with an attractive hand hammered finish. It comes complete with its original signed collector storage box tomobako. This vase is in beautiful condition giving it a beautiful one of a kind visually delightful effect.

Today these works are highly collectible and serve as wonderful decorative accents or for dried flower arrangements such as bud vases.

It is artisan signed Tsunetaro Futagami (1894-).

About Nitten Exhibition
The Nitten is the most popular and prestigious art organization in Japan, with only best artists from all over Japan participating in its annual exhibitions. It started and 1907 by Japanese Imperial Ministry of Education and was known then as Bunten show , later on it was renamed again in to Teiten and after reorganization of Imperial Art Academy n 1937, became known is Nitten show.

This vase comes complete with its original signed kiri wood collector storage box tomobako.

This attractive and unusual vase as an Ikebana flower planting vessel exudes quality craftsmanship and is breathtaking in its wabi sabi design concept and exemplary finish.

Dimensions: 9.75 inches tall

Lovely quality, beautifully hand finished with a deep red hand hammered finish and patina and
a useful bud vase planter or handsome decorative work of art.

Handmade and hand cast

Provenance: Private northern Japanese collection.

Wabi Sabi

This is a Japanese aesthetic concept that finds beauty and serenity in objects, landscapes, designs, etc., that are simple, imperfect, and impermanent. This aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete” in nature and is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee.

We have been dealing in fine authentic Japanese antiques including screens, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for many years. Our president personally travels to Japan each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique to ensure its old age, authenticity, and quality condition.