Page 84 - Fine Japanese Art November 29, 2019 Galerie Zacke

69 | A VERY LARGE
IMARI PORCELAIN
DOUBLE-GOURD
VASE

Japan, ca. 1900, Meiji period
(1868-1912)

The vase in the form of a
double-gourd and decorated in
underglaze blue with colored
enamels and gold depicting
shochikubai (pine, bamboo
and plum). Several decorative
floral reserves show phoenixes,
sparrows and dragons.
HEIGHT 57 cm

Condition: Excellent and original
condition with minor wear to gold
and enamels.
Provenance: From the collection
of Alexander Popov in Novi Sad,
Kingdom of Serbia, acquired
between 1900-1920.
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

68 | IMURA STUDIO: A WINTER LANDSCAPE
PORCELAIN VASE

By the Imura studio, signed Dai Nihon Imura zo
Japan, Yokohama, Meiji period (1868-1912)
HEIGHT 9.5 cm
Alexander Popov, ca. 1920
The spherical vase is superbly painted in polychrome enamels Condition: Perfect condition with only minimal wear!
with various houses and trees on a lakeshore, all in front of a deep Provenance: From an Austrian private collection. Kept in the same
winter mountain setting with migrating birds in the foreground. family since the first half of the 20th century and thence by descent.
Signature painted in red to the base reading ‘Dai Nihon Imura Zo’
(made by Imura in great Japan). Note the finely painted gold border Estimate EUR 800,-
around the neck. Starting price EUR 400,-

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