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Various Properties
235
A BIZEN STONEWARE MODEL
OF A HORSE
By Sadakuni, Edo period (1615-1868)
or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century
Standing with its head raised with an alert
expression, its legs apart and its tail sweeping
around its hind legs; signed on its belly
Sadakuni. 42.3cm (16¾in) high.
£500 - 700
JPY76,000 - 110,000
US$680 - 950
236
TWO STONEWARE VASES
WITH APPLIQUÉ DECORATION
Both by Inoue Ryosai III, Sumidagawa,
Meiji era (1868-1912), 20th century
Each modelled in high relief with a thick
flambé glaze covering the neck and trickling
down the shoulder, the first decorated with
three karako (Chinese boys) walking along
a cliff’s edge with a drum, 33.6cm (13¼in)
high; the second vase with a continuous
scene of various tea-ceremony vessels and
implements, 35.2cm (13 7/8in) high; each
vase signed in underglaze blue Inoue Ryosai
within a ceramic tsubo-shaped seal. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000
237*
235 A HIRADO TWO-HANDLED
GLOBULAR VASE
Edo period (1615-1868),
probably mid 19th century
Applied in high relief with two dragons, each
with their sinuous body writhing through
the ring handle at each side of the neck of
the vase; signed on the base with incised
characters Hirado Mikawachi sei Imamura
Ryosaku kore o tsukuru (Made by Imamura
Ryosaku in Mikawachi, Hirado).
30cm (11¾in) high.
£600 - 800
JPY91,000 - 120,000
US$820 - 1,100
238
AN IMARI FLUTED BALUSTER VASE
AND COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700
Painted in underglaze blue, iron red, pink
and gilt with peonies and plum growing in a
Chinese vase beneath overhanging branches
of plum at the bottom section, the upper
section with a brocade spreading across
the shoulder and extending down the body
enclosing chrysanthemum blossoms among
karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’) the neck with
lappets enclosing geometric and different bird-
and-flower motifs, the domed cover similarly
decorated to match the body and surmounted
by a fluted tear-shaped knop.
51cm (20in) high. (2).
£1,200 - 1,800
236 JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,500

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