Page 136 - Bonhams Auction NYC Japanese and Korean Art March 15, 2017

6300 6300
AN INLAID-IRON TESTUBIN (TEA KETTLE) WITH BUTTERFLIES
6301 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
134 | BONHAMS Cast in iron and of slightly tapered cylindrical form with a short spout
and decorated in silver and gold nunomezogan with butterflies and
blossoming flowers and grasses, the handle with nanden berries in
gold and silver takazogan and hirazogan, the bronze cover finished
with a flower-bud finial and signed on the underside Ryubundo zo
6 3/4in (17.2cm) wide
US$5,000 - 6,000

6301
AN INLAID-IRON TETSUBIN (TEA KETTEL) WITH DRAGON-FLY
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Ovoid and with a slightly elongated spout emanating from a dragon's
mouth, the body worked on the surface and decorated with shaped
panels raise in relief with a dragonfly in lotus and autums grasses
and leaves in silver and gold hirazogan, the handle decorated with
archaistic Chinese geometric designs in gold and silver nunomezogan
and joined to the body with a loop formed as a beast mask, the bronze
cover finished with a cherry blosson finial and signed on the underside
Ryubundo zo
7 1/4in (18.5cm) wide
US$5,000 - 6,000