Lot 207
'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' TEA SERVICE
MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£5,000
Description
comprising: two teapots and covers, a sugar bowl and cover, three dishes, a large twin-handled bowl and cylindrical stand, the teapots and warmer finely chased with a pair of cranes amongst 'the three friends of winter' pine, prunus and bamboo, interspersed with hollyhock medallions, the remaining items with chrysanthemum and lotus flowers borne on scrolling leafy tendrils (qty)
Dimensions
largest 34.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late Hugh Malcolm (1886-1961); the teapots, tea cup and plates purchased from K. Yanagita with original receipt dated 09.07.1935, the warmer and stand purchased from Yamanaka & Co. with original receipt dated 11.07.1935.