FOUR JAPANESE BRONZE VASES AND A PAIR OF BRONZE VASES
FOUR JAPANESE BRONZE VASES AND A PAIR OF BRONZE VASES
MEIJI – TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The first in the form of a node of bamboo with stippled lower section and inlaid in silver with bamboo leaves and stems, signed; the second cylindrical and in the form of a node of bamboo, the side inlaid in silver foil with bamboo leaves; the third cylindrical and decorated around the upper section with incised stylised pine branches; the fourth with ribbed body and tall, elongated neck with flared foliate rim; the fifth a pair of vases in the form of banana leaves, signed to the base
9 1⁄2 in. (24 cm.); 11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm.); 11 3⁄4 in. (29.8 cm.); 7 5⁄8 in. (19.3 cm.); the pair11 7⁄8 in. (30.3 cm.), high respectively
Provenance
with Gerard Lévy, Paris.
with Ariodante, from whom acquired.
Supplied by François-Joseph Graf.
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FOUR JAPANESE BRONZE VASES AND A PAIR OF BRONZE VASES
MEIJI – TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The first in the form of a node of bamboo with stippled lower section and inlaid in silver with bamboo leaves and stems, signed; the second cylindrical and in the form of a node of bamboo, the side inlaid in silver foil with bamboo leaves; the third cylindrical and decorated around the upper section with incised stylised pine branches; the fourth with ribbed body and tall, elongated neck with flared foliate rim; the fifth a pair of vases in the form of banana leaves, signed to the base
9 1⁄2 in. (24 cm.); 11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm.); 11 3⁄4 in. (29.8 cm.); 7 5⁄8 in. (19.3 cm.); the pair11 7⁄8 in. (30.3 cm.), high respectively
Provenance
with Gerard Lévy, Paris.
with Ariodante, from whom acquired.
Supplied by François-Joseph Graf.
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