Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 80
A SET OF SIX JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
Estimate £200 - £400
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Description
A SET OF SIX JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
All decorated with the same pattern of a stylised crane amongst bulrushes and other tall grasses, one with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair to the rim, all approx. 20.5cm. (6)
Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire.