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A Japanese Bronze Colored Vase with Kaki Design browse these categories for related items... All Items: Hidden:Viewable: Pre 1920: item # 897008 Please refer to our stock # COLL 9036 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book SOLD - $625.00 |
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This is a beautiful large bronze colored vase with a relief of Kaki (Japanese for Persimmon) branches laden with fully ripened persimmons as the design. We have puzzled over the composition of the vase for many hours and still cannot make a decisive determination. It is as heavy as bronze - or very thick pottery. There are some dark red small spots in areas on the piece. There was a small sticker that said zinc on the base so it is possible that it is a vase cast in zinc and then heavily bronze plated. Regardless whatever the material is, the vase has a very strong and lovely presentation. The vase measures 9 Ύ high and is 7 diameter at its widest. The mouth is 2 Ύ diameter and the base is 3 ½ diameter. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restorations. We date it to the late Meiji period, circa 1890-1910 it could be even older. The Japanese Persimmon or kaki (Diospyros kaki), "shizi" in Chinese, is the most widely cultivated species. These are sweet, slightly tangy fruits with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture.Though it is possible that some species of persimmon are native to Japan, it is commonly believed that these fruit were introduced to this country from China, probably via the Korean Peninsula sometime during the Heian Period (794-1185). There are legends of how a Buddhist monk wandered Japan on foot, subsisting mostly on the light-weight and nutritious dried persimmons he was carrying, spreading the seeds to every village he passed through (he was a kind of Japanese Johnny Appleseed). These legends also stress how people were impressed by the persimmons curative (anti-bacterial) powers. |
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