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A PAIR OF SMALL GOLD-LACQUER VASES A MATCHING SET OF A LACQUERED FLOWER VASE, DISH,
By Hogi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century AND KORO (INCENSE-BURNER)
Each vase decorated on the kinji ground in gold and slight coloured Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century
takamaki-e and kirikane with sparrows in flight among basho Consisting of an ovoid flower vase with a narrow neck, a circular bowl-
(Japanese fibre banana) and yamabuki (Japanese yellow rose, Kerria shaped plate, and a cylindrical koro, each of thickly turned wood (the
japonica) on one vase and sparrows in flight among basho and rose koro with a silvered metal liner and a reticulated silver hoya [pierced
bushes on the other, the neck of each vase lacquered with a narrow lid]), decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, gold and silver foil, and
band enclosing geometric motifs in gold hiramaki-e; each vase signed shell on a black and red ground with two plum trees on either side of
on the base in gold lacquer Hogi. a sinuous river, each unsigned; with three wood storage boxes. The
Each vase approx. vase 25.5cm (10in) high, the plate 30.4cm (12in) diam.;
15.6cm (6 1/8in) high. (2). the koro 8.9cm (3½in) high including lid. (8).

£800 - 1,000 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000 JPY410,000 - 550,000
US$990 - 1,200 US$3,700 - 5,000

Although there is little information on the artist Hogi, the first character The design of each part of this set is each based on the famous
Ho 抱 suggests that he was linked to the famous Uematsu family of National Treasure Red and White Plum Blossoms, a pair of two-panel
Homin (1845-1902) and Hobi (1872-1933). screens by Ogata Korin (1658-1716) in the MOA Museum of Art,
Atami, with silver lacquer and foil used for the white blossoms in the
original and gold lacquer and foil for the red blossoms.

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