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Japanese Showa period bronze…
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Sydney
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25-Aug-2024
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Japanese Showa period bronze vase, c.1950, urn-shaped with concentric circular bands incised and cast in relief around the body, a band of lappets engraved around the base of the neck, with twin-handles, made by Koshun Hiramatsu and signed ?Hiroharu Saku? to base, height: 28 cm. Provenance: purchased Tokyo, June 1959 and thence, by family descent. Catalogue note: Koshun Hiramatsu (1896-1971) was a bronze sculptor and exhibited at the Japanese fine Arts (?Nitten?) Exhibitions, being awarded a special Commendation prize in 1951. He was later, appointed a Professor at the Osaka University of fine Arts and was named an Honorary Citizen of Ikeda city in Osaka Prefecture, in recognition of his contribution to the arts.
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Oriental: Bronze