Lot 761
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The sides of the vase are carved with taotie masks below the waisted neck carved with petals and flanked by a pair of stylized animal-head handles suspending loose rings. The cover is surmounted by a mythical beast-form finial. The stone is of a pale greenish-white tone with russet markings.
12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm.) high, hardwood stand, Japanese wood box with a dedicatory inscription which may be translated, "given to dear Nozu on 1 January 1955 from Hayashibara Ichiro."
Provenance
Hayashibara Ichiro (1908-1961) Collection, Okayama, before 1955.
‌Nozu Katsumi (1917-2002) Collection, Okayama.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country. Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

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Lot Essay

This vase was previously in the collection of Hayashibara Ichiro (1908-1961), a businessman based in Okayama who was formerly the president of the chemical company Hayashibara Co., Ltd. The majority of the Ichiro Collection is now in the Hayashibara Museum in Okayama, which houses this collection together with the collection of the Ikeda Family, a local feudal clan in Okayama. Hayashibara collected a wide breadth of objects, including Chinese ceramics, paintings, lacquer, jades, and archaic bronze vessels, as well as Japanese swords and armor.

According to the inscription on the box, this vase was given from Hayashibara to Nozu Katsumi (1917-2002), a businessman who started a confectionary company as a part of Hayashibara Group in 1946, which is now one of the largest confectionary companies in Japan.
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‌Lot 1029, the Ge-type faceted hu-form vase in the present sale, was also formerly in the collections of Hayashibara Ichiro and Nozu Katsumi.

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