Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 6 March 2017
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 710
About this Item
Two Satsuma models of bodhisattvas, Meiji period (1868-1912)
each decorated in polychrome enamels and gilding with kiku-mon amongst flowerheads, scrolls and foliage against a cream-glazed ground, the first of a standing figure of Kannon, barefoot and holding a lotus bloom in her right hand and a golden ball in her left, the stem of the lotus bloom restored, firing crack, signed and impressed seal,36,5cm high; the second figure holding a small boy in her left arm, her right hand in bhumisparsa, her robes decorated with flying ho-o birds, signed, 39cm high
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