Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020

Lot 250

A LARGE JAPANESE KYOTO WARE BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD

Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £180

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Description

A LARGE JAPANESE KYOTO WARE BOX AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The squat circular body and lid decorated with branches of flowering prunus, the flowers painted in thick white and navy-blue enamels and the pistils in gilt, the base signed in red enamels under the Shimazu mon, 29cm dia. (2)