Showa period (1926-1989)

      Lot 5082. A lacquer smith work table or rectangular board, Tsubame Tori Ban, Japan, Showa period (1926-1989); 2.9 by 55.7 by 38.8 cm, 1 1/8  by 22 by 12 1/3  in. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD. Sold for 60,000 HKD (7,099 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. with canted corners, the top of the panel with dense and abstract splashes of red lacquer over black extending over the sides to the edges of the reverse, the reverse with a superb marblelised ground of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5106. A lacquer smith's low table, urushi goshi joban, Japan, Showa period (1926-1989); 17.2 by 88 by 40.7 cm, 6 3/4  by 34 5/8  by 16 in. Estimate 35,000 — 45,000 HKD. Sold for 62,500 HKD (7,395 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. the rectangular panel supported on two vertical recessed panels further resting on four short feet, the marblelised top of the table with an irregular residue of built-up layers of black and red lacquer extending down the sides. Note: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 515. An exceptionally fine baluster moriage cloisonné-enamel vase, by Hattori Tadasaburo, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th-early 20th century; 31cm (12 1/16in) high. Estimate £15,000-20,000. Sold for £100,000 (€ 114,514). Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- An exceptionally fine baluster moriage cloisonné-enamel vase by Hattori Tadasaburo, Meiji era, sold for an impressive £100,000 at Bonhams Fine Japanese Sale in London yesterday (17 May). The lot far exceeded its estimate of... [Lire la suite]