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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 | 535 | $****** - ****** | Five inlaid bronze miniature vases, By the Nogawa Company |
sculpture
12 cm (4.72 in)
bronze
acquired by the great grandfather of the current owner and thence by descent.
Comprising two pairs and a single vase, all worked in flat inaly of various metals, the first pair of square baluster form, one vase depicting a butterfly hovering over stalks of lilies, shukaido (hardy begonia), and a heron wading beside reeds, the other depicting a sparrow and a butterfly hovering among chrysanthemums and bamboo, both vases signed on the side Yoshimasa and on the base with the mark of the Nogawa Company; the second ovoid pair of vases with an almost identical design of trailing branches of cherry blossoms, both signed Mitsukiyo koku on the side and on the base with the mark of the Nogawa Company, each vase; the last vase with a single stalk of chrysanthemums draping from the shoulder across the body, the base signed with mark of the Nogawa Company,