A Japanese bronze and gilt two-handled vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
LOT 134
A Japanese bronze and gilt two-handled vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 15 932
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About this Item
A Japanese bronze and gilt two-handled vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912
the ovoid body finely chiselled with a winged kirin picked out in gilt amongst clouds, the reverse with a ho-ho bird before a flowering tree, the shoulders applied with a pair of masks, their horns forming the handles, the neck with a band of stylized bats, raised on three cockerel-headed scroll supports, on an engraved stepped circular base, with detachable liner, 28,5cm high
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
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