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A BRONze FIguRe OF A NOH dANceR A lARge BRONzed-AllOy HANgINg lANTeRN
By Katsura Mitsuharu, Meiji era, circa 1900 Meiji era, 19th century
The man’s voluminous costume with honeycomb pattern jacket over The upper section with substantial suspension ring over a dished
trousers with floral roundels, he is modelled with a sweet smile, his plateau supporting six scroll branches with bell shaped terminals all
right long-sleeved arm thrown up over his hat and left hand holds a above a six-sided scroll pierced lamp-house with a single hinged door,
fan (traces of gilt), signed to base. one side with applied paulownia flower motif, all over a domed and
34cm high spreading lower section.
80cm high, 62cm wide
£500 - 700
£300 - 500
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Meiji era A gIlT BRONze kORO ANd A PATINATed BRONze VASe
A slender ovoid bronze vase inlaid with design of cockerel on prunus Koro marked Dai Nihon Kirakusai Suiun-chu, circa 1900; the vase
branch, bearing signature and Hattori Company mark, 14.8cm high; signed Yuho, Meiji/Taisho
an inlaid bronze okimono scroll weight of a minogami, signature The koro of square bombÈ form cast to each side with central lotus
plaque, 9cm long and a signed cast iron tsuba featuring a samurai in design above roundels on a dense patterned ground, and raised on
landscape to both sides, pierced and inlaid. tapering scroll feet, 9.8cm high, weight 1544g; together with a green
7.4cm x 7cm (3). patinated bronze vase in an archaistic Chinese style, stamped mark
to base.
£600 - 800 21cm high, 1292g weight (2).
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A BRONze kORO wITH kIRIN FINIAl
Meiji era 13
Of robust square form and raised on four cabriole legs, the sides cast A lARge clOISONNÈ eNAMel VASe ANd cOVeR ANd
with a dragon, shishi, ho-o bird and tiger, with twin ho-o bird handles ANOTHeR, IN THe STyle OF NAMIkAwA
at opposing corners. Meiji era, 19th century
25cm high (2). The first with domed cover with knop finial and three stylised
marquise-shaped panels on a ground of scrolling foliage, the vase
£200 - 300 with band of stylised leaf-shape panels to shoulder above a further
band of marquise-shaped panels upon a scrolling foliate band
10 over another band of lappet panels alternating phoenix and dragon
A cAST IRON TeTSuBIN designs, reserved on speckled ground, further foliate bands to
Meiji era stepped foot, bearing Ota Jinnoei mark to base, 30cm high; the
The body with straight sides raised on three prunt feet and cast with second a baluster vase of hexagonal-section with engraved copper
diaper band just below shoulder, the cover with lobed knop and the mouth rim, the neck with scrolling foliate, the shoulder alternating
handle with floral hinges. shaped panels of dragons and butterflies above a band of lappets
15.6cm long (2). featuring phoenix and dragon designs, all over a deep blue ground,
the stepped foot with further band of stylised design, the base cast in
£600 - 800 high relief with a coiling phoenix.
25.4cm high (3).

£800 - 1,000
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