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Lot 923 Dα

A bronze vase. Around 1900

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
11.06.2016, 11:00 - Japanese Art and Antiques
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)

A bronze vase. Around 1900

A bronze vase of ovoid shape, engraved with a frog kicking a kemari into the air and another seated with an eboshi on his head. Inscribed Toba Sôjô hôhitsu i (after Toba Sôjô) and Bisei horu and signed on the base Johô saku. Around 1900. Wooden box, inscribed on the lid Matsubara Jôhô saku / Unno Bisei horu / hanaike ( flower vase).
Height 26.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, acquired at Christie's, London, 12.11.1996, lot 110