A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE LACQUERED BAMBOO VASES

A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE LACQUERED BAMBOO VASES

EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH CENTURY OR LATER

The tall bodies decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji gold and silver lacquer with traditional buildings in mountainous river landscapes, the rims with iron mounts decorated with bands of key fret, both 39.8cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Professor Anne Birrell (1950-2020). Professor Birrell taught Chinese and Chinese literature at Cambridge University and the City University of New York. Her publications include Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China, New Songs from a Jade Terrace, and Chinese Mythology: An Introduction.