Search Price Results
Wish

LOT 0002

KATO TATSUO: A FINE BRONZE 'FROG' VASE

[ translate ]

KATO TATSUO: A FINE BRONZE 'FROG' VASE
By Kato Tatsuo, singed Tatsuo
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The pear-shaped bronze vase with a fine red-mottled patina and a slender cylindrical neck. A naturalistically cast frog is shown climbing up on one side. Signed underneath TATSUO.

HEIGHT 25.5 cm
WEIGHT 701 g

Condition: Very good condition, minor surface wear, a small dent to the foot ring.
Provenance: British private collection, purchased from Gregg Baker Ltd. (label to base).

Kato Tatsuo was a pupil of Oshima Joun (1858-1940) and is perhaps best known for his bronze okimono depicting tortoises.

Auction comparison:
For another bronze okimono by this artist see Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 10 November 2011, London, lot 386 (sold for 5,250 GBP).

[ translate ]
Sale price
Unlock
Estimate
Unlock
Time, Location
03 Dec 2021
Austria, Vienna
Auction House
Unlock

[ translate ]

KATO TATSUO: A FINE BRONZE 'FROG' VASE
By Kato Tatsuo, singed Tatsuo
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The pear-shaped bronze vase with a fine red-mottled patina and a slender cylindrical neck. A naturalistically cast frog is shown climbing up on one side. Signed underneath TATSUO.

HEIGHT 25.5 cm
WEIGHT 701 g

Condition: Very good condition, minor surface wear, a small dent to the foot ring.
Provenance: British private collection, purchased from Gregg Baker Ltd. (label to base).

Kato Tatsuo was a pupil of Oshima Joun (1858-1940) and is perhaps best known for his bronze okimono depicting tortoises.

Auction comparison:
For another bronze okimono by this artist see Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 10 November 2011, London, lot 386 (sold for 5,250 GBP).

[ translate ]
Sale price
Unlock
Estimate
Unlock
Time, Location
03 Dec 2021
Austria, Vienna
Auction House
Unlock