Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A Japanese silver and gilt bronze basket, Meiji period, 1868-1912
rectangular with rounded corners, inset to the centre with a oiran, a high-ranking courtesan and her attendants, her obi engraved with a crane, with a young boy to her right, her female attendant carrying a box embellished with a tasselled cord, her third attendant carrying a parasol, surrounded by a simulated rattan border, finely woven in gozame-ami, signed, 25cm long
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
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