Lot Essay
The kakihan is Yokobue III who worked in Kyoto from the end of the 19th Century
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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
TWELVE LACQUER SAKE CUPS
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The first a footed cup decorated in kinji and inlaid fish bones, signed Nagano Yokobue with kakihan; the others of various subjects, including a peacock, a peony, cranes, the poet Hitemaru and a cockerel
Various sizes from 8.6cm. to 11.1cm. diam. (13)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The first a footed cup decorated in kinji and inlaid fish bones, signed Nagano Yokobue with kakihan; the others of various subjects, including a peacock, a peony, cranes, the poet Hitemaru and a cockerel
Various sizes from 8.6cm. to 11.1cm. diam. (13)
Provenance
The fifth William Sturgis Bigelow
Special notice
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