Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Auction, 7 October 2019

Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art

Sold for

ZAR 29 588
Lot 152
  • A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912
  • A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912
  • A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912
  • A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912
  • A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 29 588

About this Item

A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912

of tapering ovoid form, each decorated with rectangular panels depicting figures participating in the parade of Yamaboko Junko in Gion in Kyoto, one of the most famous festivals in Japan, including attendants pulling an elaborate palanquin, the upper balcony with a pair of courtiers serenaded by flautists before a misty landscape, the reverse decorated with a rocky seascape, with figures in the foreground crossing a bridge, further figures collecting shells on the beach before a mountainscape, enclosed by a blue-ground highlighted with chrysanthemums, the shoulders with further chrysanthemums and mon, the whole with Greek-key, zig-zag and brocade borders, hairline crack,signed Nambe?, 30,5cm high

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Provenance

The Andrew Newall Collection.


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