Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019

Lot 220

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH CARPS MEIJI/TAISHO PERIOD The bulbous body with a short everted rim

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH CARPS

MEIJI/TAISHO PERIOD

The bulbous body with a short everted rim, decorated with five fish in low relief swimming underneath the surface, their pupils inlaid, the base with a three character mark, possibly for Takumi zo, 18.5cm.

Provenance: the collection of an English gentleman, acquired from Spink.