A SAKE STORAGE BOTTLE IN THE STYLE OF AOKI MOKUBEI
A SAKE STORAGE BOTTLE IN THE STYLE OF AOKI MOKUBEI, MEIJI OR LATER
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or later
The globular bottle vase with a cylindrical neck and lipped rim, enameled and gilt with a group of Chinese immortal sages and karakos, including Taoist Immortal Kinko riding a giant carp, amid pine trees. Inscribed KUTANI MOKUBEI to the base.
HEIGHT 27.3 cm
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, intentional crackling.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo- Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
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A SAKE STORAGE BOTTLE IN THE STYLE OF AOKI MOKUBEI, MEIJI OR LATER
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or later
The globular bottle vase with a cylindrical neck and lipped rim, enameled and gilt with a group of Chinese immortal sages and karakos, including Taoist Immortal Kinko riding a giant carp, amid pine trees. Inscribed KUTANI MOKUBEI to the base.
HEIGHT 27.3 cm
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, intentional crackling.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo- Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
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