Lot 258*
A bronze ovoid vase By Yoshitani, Meiji Period
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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By Yoshitani, Meiji Period
Carved in low relief with three rodents crawling over a feather duster, alluding to the ritual observed on New Year's day Hatsune no tamabahaki, signed Yoshitani kansei, with wood stand and storage box inscribed on the reverse of the lid Kofuo-denka yori Jogu-denka e ...shin (Presented from Kofuo Serenity to Jogu Serenity), Meiji yonju-go nen ichi-gatsu tsuitachi nezumi-dosi nezumi-no-hi (on the first of January in Meiji 45 [1912], on the day of mouse in the year of mouse). 29.2cm (11½in) high. (3).
Carved in low relief with three rodents crawling over a feather duster, alluding to the ritual observed on New Year's day Hatsune no tamabahaki, signed Yoshitani kansei, with wood stand and storage box inscribed on the reverse of the lid Kofuo-denka yori Jogu-denka e ...shin (Presented from Kofuo Serenity to Jogu Serenity), Meiji yonju-go nen ichi-gatsu tsuitachi nezumi-dosi nezumi-no-hi (on the first of January in Meiji 45 [1912], on the day of mouse in the year of mouse). 29.2cm (11½in) high. (3).
Footnotes
初子の玉箒図銅花瓶 美谷 明治時代