Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021
Oriental Works of Art, Jewellery, Silver and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 25 036
About this Item
A massive Japanese blue and white vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912
the tapering ovoid body painted with a panel of a hawk on a gnarled pine tree branch before a rocky outcrop, the reverse with a hawk clutching a small bird in its right talon and supporting itself with its left talon on a gnarled branch, enclosed by large flowering chrysanthemums, the shoulder with scrolling sprays of flowerheads, the neck with a band of lappets, the lower section with a continuous panel of flowers, signed, 112cm high