ID 696795
Lot 61 | FOUR JAPANESE BRONZE VASES
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
MEIJI – TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The first with mottled reddish-brown patination, signed Nanyou; the second with tapering foot and short, everted neck, with reddish-brown patination, signed Yanai; the third tall with dark patination and short everted neck, the body incised with a view of a rooftop and pine trees in a deep mountainous gorge, signed Joun (Oshima Joun, the go or art name of Oshima Yasutaro, 1858–1940); the fourth with rich reddish-brown patination and incised archaic characters to the sides
9 in. (22.8 cm.); 9 1⁄2 in. (24.3 cm.); 9 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.); 8 1⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) high respectively
Provenance
with Oltremare, Monte Carlo (the vase signed Joun).
with Gérard Lévy, Paris (the fourth).
with Ariodante, from whom acquired (all four).
Supplied by François-Joseph Graf.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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