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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
212 *
A BRONZE MIMIKUCHI (‘EAR-MOUTH’) SHAPE VASE
FOR RIKKA FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
The pear-shaped body incised in high-relief decoration with
four swirl patterns possibly representing the ripples of a
stream, the flat thin-rimmed circular mouth issuing on either
side a scrolled S-shaped loop handle, on a flared base,
unsigned; with a wood storage box inscribed Uzumaki moyo
kodo hanaike (Old bronze vase with swirl patterns).
25cm x 31cm (9 13/16in x 12 1/8in). (2).
£3,000 - 4,000
JPY400,000 - 530,000
US$3,700 - 4,900
For a similar vase, see Donatella Failla,
Food for the Ancestors, Flowers for the Gods, Genoa,
Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, 2017,
pp.166 and 322, no.26.3.

213 *
A BRONZE VASE
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
The base cast in the form of a minogame (bushy-tailed
tortoises) holding in its mouth the stalk of a lotus leaf, the
latter forming the exaggeratedly wide thin-rimmed mouth
of the vase, unsigned; with a wood storage box inscribed
[...] zuikigame onkabin ([...] flower vase in the form of an
auspicious turtle).
30.3cm x 36.5cm (11 13/16in x 14 3/8in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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AN INLAID BRONZE LARGE VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The body and tall octagonal trumpet neck with dark-brown
patination, the front applied in high relief with a detachable
silver goshawk, its legs of gilt with shakudo talons perched
on a gnarled trunk from which issue branches of flowering
plum, two inlaid sparrows resting on the bottom of the trunk,
one at either side; unsigned.
69.5cm (27 3/8in) high.
£5,000 - 8,000
JPY660,000 - 1,100,000
US$6,200 - 9,900
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