A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century - image-1
A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century - image-2
A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century - image-1A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century - image-2

Lot 1176 Dα

A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.100 € - 1.300 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)
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A large bronze futabana (two-flower) vase with butterfly handles. Kyoto. 19th century

A large bronze vase with butterfly handles set on the crisply cut shoulder, with a low squat body and a wide trumpet-shaped mouth.
Height 31.2 cm

Literature

Compare very similar vase: Joe Earl, Flower Bronzes of Japan, Michael Goedehuis 1995, p. 91, fig. 47