A MASSIVE KUTANI ‘BIJIN’ PORCELAIN FLOOR VASE BY...
A MASSIVE KUTANI ‘BIJIN’ PORCELAIN FLOOR VASE BY THE WORKSHOP OF TASHIRO MONZAEMON
Japan, Mikawachi kilns, Meiji period
With nice reticulated lion feet shaped handles and a finely painted polychrome decor of bijins (beauties) notably. The base inscribed in red with a mark ‘肥碟山信甫’ (lit. ‘Hichozan Shinpo’), a trademark used by the merchant Tashiro Monzaemon. The base also bears an on site picture of the vase as well as an auction catalog description.
H: 95 cm
Provenance (according to the seller): Mealy's Auction House, 1998, lot 158.
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A MASSIVE KUTANI ‘BIJIN’ PORCELAIN FLOOR VASE BY THE WORKSHOP OF TASHIRO MONZAEMON
Japan, Mikawachi kilns, Meiji period
With nice reticulated lion feet shaped handles and a finely painted polychrome decor of bijins (beauties) notably. The base inscribed in red with a mark ‘肥碟山信甫’ (lit. ‘Hichozan Shinpo’), a trademark used by the merchant Tashiro Monzaemon. The base also bears an on site picture of the vase as well as an auction catalog description.
H: 95 cm
Provenance (according to the seller): Mealy's Auction House, 1998, lot 158.
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