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BEAUTIFUL VASE
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BEAUTIFUL VASE
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BEAUTIFUL VASE
in bronze, with a low body and a long, flared neck, decorated with inlays of shibuichi, shakudo and sentoku, with gold highlights, depicting a bird of prey perched on a tree laden with persimmons, watching down upon two monkeys amongst the rocks near a waterfall.
Signed ‘Inoue-sei’ (made by Inoue) on the base. The stamp, which would no doubt have given the craftsman’s name, is missing.
(A second cartouche is missing).
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
A NICE BRONZE VASE, SIGNED INOUE-SEI, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD.
HEIGHT: 37 CM (14 9/16 IN.)
Note
This is a Meiji-period bronze workshop in Kyoto, famous for its ‘iroe-takazôgan’ inlays.
See original version (French)
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