JAPAN, TAISHO PERIOD (1912-1926) - SHOWA (1926-1989) - Lot 63

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JAPAN, TAISHO PERIOD (1912-1926) - SHOWA (1926-1989) - Lot 63
JAPAN, TAISHO PERIOD (1912-1926) - SHOWA (1926-1989) Hexagonal bronze lantern in the form of a Tori, composed of a floral collar with twelve petals, from which emanates at the top the handle of a spherical socket. The six-faceted rim is decorated with trifoliate leaves on a honeycomb background, above foaming waves. Total height: 47 cm - Height: 40 cm Provenance Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the present owner. Lot mentioned as "Chinese lantern" in the fourth line, p.1, of the inventory of objects entrusted by Monsieur Auguste Gérard, French ambassador to Tokyo, to M. Paul du Toict, Bould. du Régent 25, Brussels, 1906. An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot can be delivered to the buyer. Note Viscount Paul du Toict (1847-1909) was a member of the administrative committee of the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, which organized art exhibitions. He was also former president of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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