Meiji Vase Pours Out Highest Price For Thomaston Place

THOMASTON, MAINE — More than 500 lots of Japanese woodblock prints, rare netsuke, inro and okimono, painted scrolls, traditional silk work, watercolors and other items crossed the block in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Japanese Art & Antiques sale on May 2. The day was led by a Meiji period silver wire cloisonné high shouldered jar, which far surpassed its $800-$1,200 estimate to achieve $34,375, including buyer’s premium. The unsigned jar was made with silver