Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025

Lot 763

A JAPANESE VASE AND COVER WITH A PROCESSION OF INSECTS

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

A JAPANESE VASE AND COVER WITH A PROCESSION OF INSECTS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of many grasshoppers and other insects carrying flowers as weapons or insignia; the lid with butterflies; signed Nihon Yokohama Imura sei, for Hikojirō (Hikotaru) Imura, 20cm. (2)