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OTHER BRONZE VESSELS AND WORKS OF ART
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Lot 548*
A gilt-bronze okimono of a yakatabune (pleasure boat) By Nakano of Kyoto, Meiji Period
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA gilt-bronze okimono of a yakatabune (pleasure boat)
By Nakano of Kyoto, Meiji Period
Conventionally modelled, the deck built with a structure of two galleried after-cabins on top of each other, each fitted with sliding shoji doors, the prow in the form of a dragon emerging from the turbulent waters, the swirling wave design continuing on the sides with the foam inlaid in silver, signed with chiselled tensho script Kyotoju Nakano sei (made by Nakano in Kyoto) on the back-deck, with wood storage box. 30cm x 42.2cm x 21cm (11¾in x 16 5/8in x 8¼in). (2).
Conventionally modelled, the deck built with a structure of two galleried after-cabins on top of each other, each fitted with sliding shoji doors, the prow in the form of a dragon emerging from the turbulent waters, the swirling wave design continuing on the sides with the foam inlaid in silver, signed with chiselled tensho script Kyotoju Nakano sei (made by Nakano in Kyoto) on the back-deck, with wood storage box. 30cm x 42.2cm x 21cm (11¾in x 16 5/8in x 8¼in). (2).
























