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A LARGE CIRCULAR CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL KASHIKI AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE BALUSTER MORIAGE
(CONFECTIONERY BOX) AND EN-SUITE COVER CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century By Hattori Tadasaburo, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Intricately worked in silver wire, supported on three tall feet, the cover late 19th/early 20th century
with sparrows perched and in flight among flowering branches of Finely decorated with brightly coloured fruiting persimmon branches
cherry, stalks of lilies, wild chrysanthemums and fuyo (rose mallow) draped diagonally across the front and over shoulder, the ripe fruits in
growing at the trunk of the tree, the sides of the box with four panels orange and the leaves in graduated tones of green, the outline of the
enclosing a different bird-and-flower scene including an uguisu (bush trunk worked in yusen, all reserved on a greyish-purple ground, applied
warbler) perched on a shidare-zakura (weeping cherry) branch, with a silver rim and foot; signed on the base in silver wire Hattori
sparrows in flight among autumnal foilage and stalks of bearded purple tsukuru. 31cm (12 1/16in) high.
irises; unsigned. 12.5cm x 22.5cm (4 7/8in x 8 7/8in). (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
£1,000 - 1,500 JPY2,300,000 - 3,000,000
JPY150,000 - 230,000 US$21,000 - 28,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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