Collection of Meiji is an attraction in Lincolnshire

UK: ORIENTAL antiques rarely make the strongest contribution to provincial sales – although they have provided a few hugely gratifying if rather embarrassing sleepers before today – but the first day of this Lincolnshire sale featured a private collection of Meiji works of art that attracted strong bidding from the specialist trade.

An imposing double gourd bronze vase by Inoue Ryusai, decorated in high relief with iris flowers led…

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