A bronze vase in the form of a stylised rohdea


By Nakajima Yasumi II (1905-1986), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryThe patinated dark reddish-brown elongated quatre section body with a wide flared rim, the rim applied with two pierced ornamental handles on opposite sides in the form of four semi-circles, signed on the base with two chiselled characters in archaic script form Yasumi; with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Chudo omoto kabin, Yasumi (Cast bronze vase in the form of a rohdea by Yasumi) with seal Yasumi. 25.5cm x 21cm (10in x 8¼in). (2).
|Born in Osaka the eldest son of the well-known metal artist Nakajima Yasumi I, Yasumi II graduated from the Kokuritsu Sendai Kogei Shidosho (Sendai National Crafting Academy). In 1933 he exhibited for the first time at the Shokosho Yushutsu Kogeiten (Export Crafts Exhibition organised by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce) and went on to show his work several times outside Japan at the Grande Salon de Paris as well as the Export Trading Exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He participated numerous times in the Nitten national exhibitions, winning the prestigious Hokutosho (North Star Award) in 1952. In 1969 he was named a Person of Merit in the Crafts by Osaka Prefecture.