TWO JAPANESE GOLD LACQUERED TORTOISESHELL CYLINDRICAL BEAKERS Y
MEIJI PERIOD
£693
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 朱金漆彩玳瑁雄鷹紋圓筒(兩件)
each embellished in gold and red lacquer with complementary designs, one decorated with a large and magnificent hawk perching on a rockwork with one leg, looking over a landscape with water and mountain; the other depicting a hawk in flight with its eyas amidst a landscape, both unsigned (2)
Dimensions
heights: 16.3cm and 16.5cm
Provenance
Estate of Prof Francis Wormald (1904-1972), palaeographer and art historian.
法蘭西斯·沃麥爾德教授(1904-1972)舊藏,古文獻學家和藝術史學家。