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FOUR CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising two pairs, each worked in silver
wire of varying gauge, the first pair decorated
with a pair of sparrows in flight above stalks of
purple rose mallow on one side and a shrub of
three white buds on the other, all reserved on
a midnight-blue ground, unsigned, each 31cm
(12¼in) high; the second pair decorated with
a pair of chickens standing amongst flowering
stalks of chrysanthemums and rose mallow
beneath a maple tree, all reserved on light
blue ground, unsigned,
each 30cm (11 7/8in) high. (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

498
A PAIR OF SLENDER PEAR-SHAPED
CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each delicately worked in musen (wireless)
and shosen (partially wireless) technique and
forming a complementary moonlit design,
one vase decorated with three egrets wading
beside stalks of bamboo and one solitary 498
egret in flight against the full moon on the
other, all reserved on a pale white-grey
ground, each vase applied with a gilt rim and
foot; each vase unsigned.
Each vase 37.2cm (14 5/8in) high. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
JPY450,000 - 760,000
US$4,200 - 7,100
499
TWO CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES
One by the Kinunken Company, Meiji era
(1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire of varying gauge
on a midnight-blue ground, the slender ovoid
vase decorated with two tancho-zuru (red-
crested crane) huddled on a wave-lashed rock,
unsigned, 18.5cm (7¼in) high; the second
baluster straight-sided vase with two standing
cranes on the front and one in flight on the
reverse, signed on the base Kinunken within a
square seal, 15.6cm (6 1/16in) high. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

499

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