Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art Object Details

Bronze vase Japan, Meiji Period, early 20th century

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The vase is of ovoid form with a green and brown patination. It is cast with a design of Oni no Nenbutsu (praying demon) sheltering under an umbrella during a thunder storm. He carries a bag with donations written on the side in Japanese. There is an indistinct two character mark to the base.

Dimensions

28cm high

Condition

There are some light marks and scratches especially to the rim. There are small patches of rubbing to the patination on the rim, base and shoulder. Otherwise it is in good condition.

Note

An Oni no Nenbutsu is a demon who has converted to Buddhism and who wears the clothes of a pilgrim and collects donations for the temple. He was a popular motif in a type of folk painting known as Otsu-e from the town of Otsu close to Lake Biwa in Japan. He is also used as a motif on lacquer designs as can be found on a lacquer suzuribako (box for writing equipment) in the Freer/Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Museums in Washington D.C. in the USA, museum number F1955.24a-e.

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