A FINE JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL PRESENTATION STEM VASE - OSHIMA / RIBBENTROP, Yokohama dated 1938, attributed to the retailer Sanku Sanju. The shaped ovoid body raised upon a stepped square form base with waited pedestal stem. The body with applied decoration of hanging wisteria, partially with translucent enamel. The base with applied lotus forms and tendrils, topped with polychrome translucent enamel. The rim engraved with a presentation inscription reading 'J. V. RIBBENTROP - GENERAL HIROSHI OSHIMA - 1938'. Signed to the side
Maker: Ichiki (1871-1947)
Height: 15.5cm
Diameter: 9cm (at the widest point)

Weight: 277 grams / 8.91 ozt
Provenance: Casa D'Aste Czerny, 14.10.1995, lot 1545.
Notes:
A gift from Oshima to Ribbentrop, likely on the successful completion of negotiations to create the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreed upon between Germany and Japan in 1938.
Ribbentrop - Foreign Minister, Germany, 1938-1945
Oshima - Ambassador to Germany 1938-1945

A bowl with the same form of decoration marked with the turtle and triangle mark of Sanku Sanju, sold these rooms, 25 March 2020, lot 304, (£1062 incl. prem)