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Lot 218 · Porcelain · H 37 cm花器
LARGE INTERIOR VASE “CRANES IN THE SKY”
Kosen workshop, Arita porcelain. Second half of the 20th century
Porcelain; cobalt ground, overglaze painting in gold and silver.
Estimate
25 000 – 35 000 ₽
- Dimensions
height — 37 cm.
- Description
A monumental porcelain interior vase of the classic tsurukubi (“crane neck”) form. The body is covered with an even layer of deep monochrome cobalt glaze and decorated with flying Manchurian cranes, painted in a refined polychrome technique in gold and silver.
- Marks
On the front of the body is the artist’s gold signature: “Kosen saku” (光仙作 — “Made by Kosen”).