Six Japanese Green-Ground Ginbari Cloisonné Vases

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

each of baluster form, the first decorated with red goldfish, bearing a mark Kawaguchi Bunzaemon on the underside; the second small and decorated with magpies perched on flowering prunus; the third decorated with chrysanthemums against a green ground, bearing a mark, Ota, on the underside; the fourth decorated with chrysanthemum against a blue ground; the fifth showing birds in flight around bamboo, bearing a mark Tomiki Shobei on the underside; the sixth showing orchids, unsigned.

Height of largest 8 in., 20.3 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

The largest fish vase with a very minor and shallow crack in the glaze (see photos), otherwise in good condition; the second largest vase with a few shallow cracks; the small pear-shaped vase with a few shallow cracks and black stains; the other examples in overall good condition.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play

Six Japanese Green-Ground Ginbari Cloisonné Vases

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