Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018

Lot 1035

A JAPANESE BRONZE IKEBANA VASE MEIJI 1868-1912 The tall baluster-shaped body decorated in mixed...

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A JAPANESE BRONZE IKEBANA VASE

MEIJI 1868-1912

The tall baluster-shaped body decorated in mixed metals with scrolling tendrils, possibly warabi (edible ferns), a small gold and silver bee fluttering above, unsigned, 29.8cm.

Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid, purchased from Katie Jones Oriental Art, London, in the 1990s.