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KIYOMIZU ROKUBEI V (KURITARO,
1875-1959)
A porcelain vase
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1934
In the form of a globular tea jar applied with
four lugs to the shoulder for cords, decorated
in several shades of red oxide and colored
enamels and gilt with Rinpa-style branches
of autumn maples, hung with paper tanzaku
paintings of the four seasons, signed on the
underside Rokubei
With a tomobako storage box inscribed
Nishiki kazari tsubo, dated Showa kunen 1373
shoka (April 1934) and signed Teikoku Bijutsu
Iinkai Rokubei saku and sealed by the artist
11in (27.9cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
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MIYANOHARA KEN (1898–1977)
A porcelain vase
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1955
The ovoid vase with a wide mouth and an
everted rim, carved on the surface and
decorated in underglaze blue and copper-
oxide red with repeating registers of stylized
scales below horizontal bands and stylized
whorls, signed on the underside with an
impressed signature in an oval reserve Ken
With a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed Saiji moriage koku mon kabin and
signed Koshijigama Miyanohara Ken and
sealed Ken
12in (30.5cm) high, 11 3/4 (29.8cm) diameter
US$3,000 - 4,000
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