Sold for $10,000

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Lot Description

A Japanese Parcel Gilt Decorated Engraved Shakudo Flower Vase

TAISHO PERIOD (CIRCA 1925)

the cylindrical vase having a fitted removable copper liner, the exterior inlaid in gold, silver, copper and shibuichi showing lichen and reishi fungus emerging from rockworks with gilt bamboo behind, all underneath engraved characters from a poem, signed Mizunoe-inu no natsu nanajurokusai Hakudo Gen (by Hakudo Gen, age 76, summer, 1922), three gilded seals of the poet; vase signed Settsu Kaishozan no fumoto kokio Ryoun Moriyuki horu (carved by Ryoun Moriyuki, age 70, at the foot of Mount Kaisho, Settsu province) and sealed Moriyuki; with original box.

Height 15 3/4 in., 40 cm.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Property from a Private Chicago Collection

Provenance:
Japanese and Korean Art, Christie's New York, 19 September 2000, Lot 98

Condition Report

Overall very good condition with light surface scratches to the exterior.

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