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BRONZE ANIMALS AND INLAID BRONZE VESSELS
Various Properties
(Lots 178-190)
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A BRONZE OKIMONO FIGURE OF A NUDE WOMAN A LARGE INLAID BRONZE VASE
By Takaaki, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century By Yukikazu for the Kuroda Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Seated on a rock bathing at the water’s edge, one hand raised holding late 19th/early 20th century
a tenugui (hand towel) to her breast, the other caressing her right foot; Decorated with five tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) applied in silver,
signed on the reverse Takaaki within an oval reserve. shakudo and gold relief inlay flying in a diagonal upward formation on
40.5cm (16in) high. the reddish-brown ground; signed on the front with chiselled signature
Yukikazu koku and on the base Kyoto Kuroda zo above the characters
£3,000 - 4,000 Hoshosai within an oval reserve.
JPY440,000 - 580,000 56cm (22in) high.
US$3,900 - 5,200
£5,000 - 8,000
JPY730,000 - 1,200,000
US$6,500 - 10,000

Provenance
A French-Huguenot private collection; a gift from the current owner’s
grandfather who purchased the vase in Japan during a tour of Asia
in about 1900. The vase was kept in an English country house in
Surrey until about 1960 and thereafter in a family manor house in
Northumberland, where it has remained until very recently.

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