Lot 368

GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASES
BY KOSHU/ MITSUFUNE, MEIJI PERIOD








Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 光舟款 銅雄雞紋瓶(共三件)帶雙木座
one larger and two as a pair in mirror images, each inlaid in gold and silver with a hen and long-tailed cockerel perched on a blossoming plum tree, details carved and patinated, the reverse signed Koshu/ Mitsufune koku, the pair with wooden stands (3)
Dimensions
largest 23cm high; 1617g total
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Footnote
A comparable pair of vases, signed Mitsufune (Kosen) Koku, Meiji Period, was sold at Christie's London, 18 May 2012, lot 52.







