Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 86
TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES
MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY
Both decorated in underglaze blue, the first a scalloped bowl painted to the well with a long-eared hare curling up amongst tall grasses, with a brown-edged rim and the underside left undecorated; together with a tokkuri embellished with flower sprays, 15cm and 22.5cm respectively. (2)
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.