Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
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About this Item
A pair of Japanese Kutani vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
cylindrical with a bulbous base, the sides applied with gilt cicada handles, one vase painted with a panel of a rooster, the other with a hen, both painted with a panel of two maidens in a landscape, the whole with rabbits, bats, flowerhead medallions and cell diaper borders, chip to one rim, now converted to lamps and fixed to stands, fitted for electricity, the vases 36cm high