Japanese Works of Art - 20 May 2026
TWO JAPANESE PIECES BY WATANABE TADASHI (1923-2009)
TWO JAPANESE PIECES BY WATANABE TADASHI (1923-2009)
SHŌWA/HEISEI, 20TH CENTURY
One a ewer with a thin side handle and decorated with rhomboids in colourful enamels, signed Tadashi saku underneath, with a tomobako (wood box); the other of slender shape with a flared neck and spreading foot, inscribed Chūjin Tadashi (Master Founder Tadashi), in a tomobako inscribed Rōgin shihō hana-ike (square shibuichi flower vase), and signed and sealed Tadashi, 25.5cm max. (4)