Japanese Works of Art - 20 May 2026
TWO JAPANESE SAKE BOTTLES BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
TWO JAPANESE SAKE BOTTLES BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
HEISEI ERA, 20TH/21ST CENTURY
The first decorated in blue and white with panels enclosing rabbits on a dense ground of brocade patterns; the other with sprays of peony in polychrome enamels, both signed in underglaze blue Imaemon; together with five small Kutani sake cups with figures and poems, and two associated tomobako (wood boxes), 13.8cm max. (9)
Provenance: from the Mark Treece (d.2021) Collection of iro-Nabeshima porcelain.
WITHOUT RESERVE