A pair of tall and slender Koransha vases. Arita. Late 19th century (after 1879) - image-1

Lot 226 Dα

A pair of tall and slender Koransha vases. Arita. Late 19th century (after 1879)

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.500 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of tall and slender Koransha vases. Arita. Late 19th century (after 1879)

The shoulder set off from the neck by a thin ridge, the body painted in underglaze-blue, gold and a little iron red with clusters of bamboo, the neck painted with phoenix medallions, kiri and scroll work. One vase with two short cracks to the body. (2)
Height 62.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Straub, Postdam
Former property of a physician, who acquired the vases in the Potsdam/Berlin area before 1974

Literature

Compare a lidded jar with very similar decoration, illustrated in: G. Jahn, Meiji Ceramics, Stuttgart 2004, p. 210, fig. 137