FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY

A RARE JAPANESE SILVER IRIS EWER, MEJI PERIOD

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Start price: $2,500

Estimated price: $3,500 - $4,500

Buyer's premium:

Llate 19th century Japanese Meiji period solid silver lidded wine jug. Mounted with a finely decorated finial and unusual scroll handle. Signed with Japanese characters on the bottom.

Weight: 43.4 oz., 1235 g.

Provenance: Private collection in Pennsylvania.

H: 13 1/4 in., (33.5 cm.)

Condition: Near mint.