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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2016 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 478 | $****** - ****** | A pair of inlaid iron baluster vases |
sculpture
32 cm (12.6 in)
iron
The body of each vase boldy worked in katakiri-bori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and chiselled in relief of silver, gold, shibuichi and shakudo with an almost identical design of two tanchozuru (Japanese red-crested cranes) foraging for food among assorted seashells strewn on the seashore at low tide, another crane flying past on the reverse, the neck of the waisted neck and foot inlaid in gold overlay with a stylised flower head interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the mouth of both vases similarly inlaid in gold flat inlay with repeated scroll motifs and foliage; both vases unsigned. Each vase 32cm (12½in) high. (2)