Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018
Lot 814
TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £600
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Description
TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS, TETSUBIN
EDO/MEIJI PERIODS
One of tapering form decorated with a small crab beside reeds under the moon to one side, a four character poem to the other, the rim with a key fret border and the lid signed Ryubundo zo, the other kettle of bulbous shape and with fruiting pomegranate plants to one side and sprays of shukaido (hardy begonia) to the other, with details inlaid in silver, unsigned, together with a small bronze water dropper, 17cm max. (6)