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AN ELABORATELY-MOULDED BISCUIT-
RESERVED OVOID JAR AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-late 19th century
Bearing a ground of moulded netting, with four panels
in relief depicting a dragon amid clouds, a tiger and
bamboo, a running kirin and a shishi frolicking among
peonies, the shoulder with petal-shaped lappets
beneath a painted band of cherry blossoms, and the
foot with moulded stylised waves above a painted
band of waves, the shallow domed cover similarly
moulded with panels depicting a minogame (turtle
with a tail of weed), chickens and two ho-o birds,
surmounted by a seated monkey; signed on the based
in underglaze blue Hirado Mikawachi sei Imamura
Rokuro kore o egaku (painted by Imamura Rokuro,
made in Mikawachi). 24.1cm (9½in) high. (2).
150 £1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,400
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
80 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
