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Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art

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A pair of Nabeshima bowls | Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century

Lot Closed

November 5, 02:11 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Nabeshima bowls

Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century 


the deep bowls tapering towards the short ring feet, decorated in iron red, blue and black enamels with arabesque design

Each 6.9 cm., 2¾ in. high

Kurita Museum, Ashikaga, Japan. 
Masterpieces of Imari and Nabeshima (Imari meito ten), (Tokyo, 1979), pl. 106.  

Kudo Yoshiro, Nabeshima, (Tokyo, 2005). 

Iseten, Tokyo, Masterpieces of Imari and Nabeshima (Imari meito ten), 1979.