Female Bust

VINTAGE JAPANESE INK PASTE BOX

A vintage bronze ink paste box, cast to resemble an old verdigris bronze box.
The cover with a female bust, arm outstretched.

The red ink paste is long past its usage, it has been left inside to maintain its authenticity.

Made and signed by the famous artist Kitamura Seibo.(Biography below).

** A picture of this particular ink paste box is recorded in a Published Book of his Works in Japanese page 58 picture T4.**

Condition : Excellent
With original Kiri wood box
Signed. Kitamura Seibo

Refer the large images for details & condition as they also form the description.

Note: depending on your computer monitor / phone / ipad etc. colour may vary to actual.

Dimensions are maximum measurements


Width About: 5.7 cm
Height About: 2.2 cm
Weight About: 164 grams

A$175

Kitamura Seibo Biography:
He was born in what was then Minamiarima, Nagasaki, (now Minamishimabara) on 16 December 1884 and entered Kyoto City University of Arts to study sculpture in 1903.
He graduated from there in 1907 and immediately enrolled in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, from which he received a second sculpture degree in 1912.
He began sculpting full-time after his discharge from military service in 1915 and, by 1921, he was a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
He was inducted into the Japan Art Academy in 1925.

He is known as the sculptor of the 13-meter-tall Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park.
The statue and the park are near the hypocentre where the atomic bomb exploded on 9 August 1945.