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A TALL PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (19126-1989), early 20th century FINE JAPANESE ART | 161
Decorated in enamels and gilt with a large rectangular panel enclosing
the Yomei-mon (Yomei Gate) and Toshogu (Tokugawa Ieyasu’s
mausoleum) in Nikko on one side and on the other side an interior
scene with implements for the tea-ceremony resting in front of a
folding gold six-panel screen painted with two cranes flying against
a backdrop of Mount Fuji on the other, several butterflies fluttering
over an elaborate basket of ikebana to the left and kittens spilling
over a goke (pot for Go counters) beside a Go board, the neck and
foot encircled by a border of folded brocade decorated with white
chrysanthemum heads in low relief; signed on the base in iron-red
Kutani above a seal-mark Iwa within a cherry-blossom shaped
cartouche. 31.5cm (12 3/8in) high.

£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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A SATSUMA MOON FLASK
By Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two elaborate square
panels enclosing an almost identical scene of elegantly dressed
ladies gathered within an interior engaged in ikebana on a fragmented
rinzu (textile-weave) ground, the shoulder of the vase with a formal
arrangement of tightly clustered hexagonal panels enclosing flower
heads above a butterfly hovering over clumps of chrysanthemums, the
lower section with dense geometric brocade; signed on the base with
partially effaced signature Kozan. 19.2cm (7½in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.