Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 572
A JAPANESE IRO-NABESHIMA VASE BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
A JAPANESE IRO-NABESHIMA VASE BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
HEISEI ERA, 20TH/21ST CENTURY
The gourd-shaped vase with a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with leafy sprays of peony in underglaze blue and red, cyan and yellow enamels; the base inscribed Imaemon, with a tomobako (wood box) inscribed Nishiki botan tsuru kabin (polychrome waisted vase with peony) and signed and sealed Imaemon to the reverse; 17.2cm.
Provenance: from the Mark Treece (d.2021) Collection of iro-Nabeshima porcelain.
WITHOUT RESERVE