South African and International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 30 July 2014
Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 800 - 1 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 937
About this Item
A group of Japanese cloisonné enamel wares
comprising: a vase, mid 20th century, ovoid, inlaid with a charcoal grey rose against a green ground, with chrome mounts, stamped SATO, the mounts with oxidisation, 25cm high; a tripod censer, globular, raised on tapered feet, with pierced cover, decorated with a swirling ho-o bird against a yellow ground, major damage to finial, minor pitting, minor cracking to cover, major cracking to cover interior, 12,9cm high; a box, rectangular, the hinged cover decorated with a three-clawed dragon against an orange ground, surrounded by leaves and scrollwork on a green ground, the sides similarly decorated, raised on four bracket feet, the base decorated with scrollwork against a green ground, the metal interior etched with Mount Fuji and flying birds, the interior base of black enamel, minor pitting, minor oxidisation, minor damage to front left corner, 4,4cm high, 11,8cm wide, 9,5cm deep; a plate, circular, decorated with a flower in ginbari against a blue ground, with metal rim and elevated metal footrim, blue base, minor pitting, minor damage to base, 13cm diameter; another, circular, decorated with flowers against a turquoise ground with scrollwork and a black border, black base, with an elevated metal footrim, major cracks, chips 3x8mm, damage to rim 1x2cm, minor cracking and damage to base, 12,3cm diameter; and another, circular, decorated with a flying bird against a yellow ground with a border of flowering branches against a blue ground, with a blue base, minor pitting, minor damage to base, 9,2cm diameter
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