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vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin
vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin

vintage Japanese metal vessel by Kobayashi Shōmin

$168.00

A small metal vessel by Japanese metalworker Kobayashi Shōmin brings an ancient ceremonial design into everyday life. Modelled on a Chinese bronze in Kyoto’s Sen-oku Hakukokan museum, it carries the dragon decoration of a vessel once used to offer grain to the gods. The broad, shallow form makes a lovely resting place for rings or a treasured trinket, with its intricate sides still on show. Its wooden presentation box is included.

cast copper alloy; wooden box.

Dimensions (order as supplied): 13 × 9.3 × 4.5 cm high

sourced in Japan.