Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 52
A JAPANESE CELADON WATERPOT (MIZUSASHI)
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
A JAPANESE CELADON WATERPOT (MIZUSASHI)
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY
Modelled as a wooden water bucket with a curved handle, the fitted lid composed of two folding parts in lacquer, a two-character mark impressed underneath, possibly for Sozan, together with a tomobako wood box, 9.5cm. (5)
Provenance: from an English private collection, London, purchased in Japan in the 1990s.
Longquan celadon waterpots with similar shapes were produced during the Chinese Ming dynasty and may have served as models for this piece.