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(another view with box)

ANOTHER PROPERTY
~ⱷ761
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER This vase was previously in the collection of Hayashibara Ichiro (1908-
18TH CENTURY 1961), a businessman based in Okayama who was formerly the president
of the chemical company Hayashibara Co., Ltd. The majority of the Ichiro
The sides of the vase are carved with taotie masks below the waisted neck Collection is now in the Hayashibara Museum in Okayama, which houses
carved with petals and flanked by a pair of stylized animal-head handles this collection together with the collection of the Ikeda Family, a local feudal
suspending loose rings. The cover is surmounted by a mythical beast-form clan in Okayama. Hayashibara collected a wide breadth of objects, including
finial. The stone is of a pale greenish-white tone with russet markings. Chinese ceramics, paintings, lacquer, jades, and archaic bronze vessels, as
12¡ in. (31.3 cm.) high, hardwood stand, Japanese wood box with a dedicatory well as Japanese swords and armor.
inscription which may be translated, "given to dear Nozu on 1 January 1955
from Hayashibara Ichiro." According to the inscription on the box, this vase was given from
Hayashibara to Nozu Katsumi (1917-2002), a businessman who started a
confectionary company as a part of Hayashibara Group in 1946, which is now
$40,000-60,000
one of the largest confectionary companies in Japan.
PROVENANCE: Lot 1029, the Ge-type faceted hu-form vase in the present sale, was also
Hayashibara Ichiro (1908-1961) Collection, Okayama, before 1955. formerly in the collections of Hayashibara Ichiro and Nozu Katsumi.
Nozu Katsumi (1917-2002) Collection, Okayama.

清十八世紀 青白玉仿古饕餮紋獸首活環耳蓋瓶
來源:
林原一郎(1908-1961)珍藏, 岡山, 1955年以前入藏
野津克己(1917-2002)珍藏, 岡山

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