Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026

Lot 586

TWO JAPANESE SAKE BOTTLES BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

TWO JAPANESE SAKE BOTTLES BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
HEISEI ERA, 20TH/21ST CENTURY

The first decorated in blue and white with panels enclosing rabbits on a dense ground of brocade patterns; the other with sprays of peony in polychrome enamels, both signed in underglaze blue Imaemon; together with five small Kutani sake cups with figures and poems, and two associated tomobako (wood boxes), 13.8cm max. (9)

Provenance: from the Mark Treece (d.2021) Collection of iro-Nabeshima porcelain.

WITHOUT RESERVE