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Lot 134

Inoue of Kyoto, A Japanese Parcel Gilt and Patinated Bronze Bell-Form Covered Jar, Meiji Period
日本明治時期 京都井上製龍紋鐘式蓋盒
Sale 2046 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 21, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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Inoue of Kyoto, A Japanese Parcel Gilt and Patinated Bronze Bell-Form Covered Jar, Meiji Period
日本明治時期 京都井上製龍紋鐘式蓋盒
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Heavily cast sentoku bronze, the body with a sinuous finely chased gold three-clawed dragon against a chestnut brown ground of clouds and crashing waves, the domed cover decorated with golden bosses and topped by a double-dragon finial, all above a border of conjoined stylized lotus petals, the underside signed by the workshop Inoue of Kyoto.

Height 5 1/4 in., 13.4 cm.

Property from the Collection of Jay R. Butterman, New York, New York

This lot is located in New York.

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