JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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OSUMI YUKIE (B. 1945; LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE, 2015)
Bakufu (Waterfall)
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2011
A hammered silver vase with nunome-zogan (textile imprint inlay)
decoration in lead and gold, depicting a waterfall crashing onto rocks
and the reflection of the sun, signed Yuki on bottom
With wood tomobako storage box and tomogire wrapping cloth
10 x 9 7/8in (25.4 x 25.1 cm)
$35,000 - 45,000
Osumi Yukie hammered this vase up from an octagonal sheet of
silver, gradually spreading it outwards and upwards to create a soft,
rounded shape that offsets the crown-like points of the rim. She then
used a metal hammer to beat up vertical ridgelines evoking a waterfall.
To complete the design, she scored parts of the surface with a fine
diagonal lattice, creating an almost invisible cloth-like grain, and
hammered on ultra-thin sheets of gold and lead to represent rocks,
waves, and the reflection of the sun.
(box lid)
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