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An image of Ikenobo usubata vase with phoenix handles by Ikenobô School

Ikenobô School

(Japan)

Title
Ikenobo usubata vase with phoenix handles
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
Year
19th century
Media category
Metalwork
Materials used
bronze
Dimensions

30.8 x 30.6 cm

Signature & date
Signed on base, in Japanese, incised "Mata-(illeg.) saku [made by Mata-(illeg.)]". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
Accession number
441.1988.a-c
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

Norman Sparnon (b.1913, d.1995) (Author), Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, 65 [illus.].

Exhibition history (1)

Norman Sparnon Retrospective, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 23 Jun 1994–10 Jul 1994.