Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 359
A COLLECTION OF FIVE JAPANESE VASES
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £2142
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Description
A COLLECTION OF FIVE JAPANESE VASES
20TH CENTURY
22.1cm max. (5)
WITHOUT RESERVE
All decorated with colourful flowers rendered in pale pastel hues; three Sumida ware pieces with an underglaze-blue mark reading Inoue Ryosai.
Sumida ware was produced near the Sumida River, Tokyo, and was run by three generations of potters named Ryosai. The factory closed in the 1950s.