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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 8, 2018 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 181 | $****** - ****** | A squat Satsuma teapot, By Nakamura Baikei |
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7.7 x 14.5 cm (3.03 x 5.71 in)
A German private collection
Delicately decorated in enamels and gilt with a sumptuous scene of a falconry excursion in winter on the shores of a lake, the emperor concealed inside the palanquin borne by a retinue of attendants towards the back, the courtiers and Imperial archers at the front watching the activities and hunting prowess of the falconer wearing fur breeches, the hawking dog trainers and the beaters, a captured red-crested crane in the left foreground, two captured mandarin ducks carried on a pole at the back, four others in flight, a pagoda and pavilions nestled among snow-decked mountains in the distance, the neck with a band of densely cluttered geometric motifs, the short spout decorated in gilt wtih spiral tendrils, the rounded rectangular silver bracket handle engraved on the exterior with a formal flower head among foliage, the en-suite cover decorated with a procession of several karako (Chinese children) performing the New Year shishimai dance and pulling a flower cart; signed in gilt just above the foot Nakamura Baikei zo with a gold seal and signed Baikei within a rectangular black ground reserve on the base; the inside of the lid with a long self-congratulatory inscription within an open book-shaped cartouche.
