Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Two
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449
About this Item
A Japanese Arita blue and white and lacquered jar and cover, 18th century
the hexagonal body with alternating panels of prunus blossom, cranes and 'The Three Friends', divided by three lacquer panels of cranes in flight before Mount Fuji and dwellings, the shoulders with gilt lacquer lappets, raised on a pierced conforming foot, the lacquer cover with porcelain neck and spire-shaped finial, decorated with key-fret and foliate bands, the conforming base, set with Kutani iron-red and gilt panels, with restorations, chips and lacquer loss, 56cm high all in