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TWO CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th
century
Each worked in silver wire and gilt wire, the
first a pear-shaped vase with small elaborate
shield-shape panels enclosing stylised ho-o
(phoenixes) and dragons reserved against
a tight whorl ground, the tall neck with
chrysanthemum heads, unsigned, 19cm
(7½in) high; the second a straight-sided
baluster vase with shield-shape panels
speckled with aventurine encircling the
bottom section enclosing stylised phoenixes
alternating with dragons on a dark-red brown
ground, the upper section with three stepped
cruciform cartouches enclosing foliate motifs
reserved on a ground of phoenixes interwoven
among karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’),
unsigned, 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high. (2).

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

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A SMALL SLENDER RECTANGULAR
CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By Hayashi Kodenji of Nagoya, Meiji era
(1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Worked in gold and silver wire, each face
of the tapering body decorated with a tall 503
stalk of chrysanthemums, two faces with a
solitary butterfly hovering above, reserved on
a midnight blue ground, the neck and foot
with a band of shield panels enclosing foliate
motifs, applied with silver rims; signed on the
base Nagoya Hayashi saku with the stamped
lozenge-seal of Hayashi Kodenji.
14.2cm (5 9/16in) high.

£4,000 - 6,000
JPY600,000 - 910,000
US$5,700 - 8,500

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A SLENDER OVOID CLOISONNÉ-
ENAMEL VASE
By Hayashi Kodenji of Nagoya, Meiji era
(1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Intricately worked in gold and silver wire
with two sparrows perched on windswept
branches of flowering cherry, a third sparrow
in flight, the neck and foot with a narrow band
of repeated foliate motifs, all reserved on a
midnight-blue ground, applied with a silvered
metal foot and rim; signed on the base Aichi
Hayashi yaki around the lozenge mark of
Hayashi Kodenji. 18.7cm (7 5/16in) high.

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY450,000 - 600,000
US$4,200 - 5,700
Illustrated on page 258.

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