LAWRENCES’ recent sale of Decorative Arts and Ceramics saw strong prices for old and new, from East to West.
Lawrences has already sold a few of the rare Dunhill ‘Aquarium’ lighters and a further example, decorated with fish amongst seaweeds in a watery ‘lucite’ setting, made £4,140. A bronze and ivory Art Deco figure of a child sheltering under an umbrella made £3,410.
• EASTERN: a Chinese famille rose bottle vase
The best prices within the ceramics section came once again from Oriental items: a Chinese famille rose bottle vase made £5,120; another larger example made £3,530; a small pale celadon jade screen, the size of a matchbox, made £3,660; and a rose bowl, enamelled with peonies, made £11,220.
• TOP: Satsuma vase by Kinkozan Tsukuru, Meiji peiod
But it was a Japanese Satsuma vase by Kinkozan Tsukuru, Meiji peiod (1868-1912), elaborately and decoratively painted with birds, flowers, poultry and processions, that took the day’s top price at £12,800 against much eager and competitive bidding.
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