Stoneware and Lacquer Bottle Vase

Description:

Stoneware and Lacquer Bottle Vase, Japan, 19th century, the bulbous body rising to a slightly flared neck and everted mouth rim, decorated with cranes and lotus flowers, buds, and plants in gilt lacquer with painted and incised details, over a rough stoneware ground that transitions to a celadon crackle glaze at the shoulders and neck, with both dark and light brown matrices, ht. 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

Many losses to lacquerwork, few detached pieces.


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