Asian Art II - 13th November 2014

Lot 630

A Japanese silver and gilt metal pendant 19th century

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £650

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Description

A Japanese silver and gilt metal pendant 19th century, formed as a chrysanthemum flowerhead, the reverse signed Masanobu with kakihan, 5.6cm.

Provenance: William Cleverley Alexander (1840-1916).

Cf. Burlington Fine Arts Club,Catalogue of Specimens of Japanese Lacquer and Metal Work Exhibited in 1894, pp.105-6.