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NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
A cloisonné-enamel vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The elongated ovoid vase worked in
polychrome enamels and silver wires with
sparrows in flight and blossoming flowers
and grains on an apple-green ground, the
neck and foot with a band of floral lozenges
and geometric designs, signed on a silver
plaque in an engraved signature Kyoto
Namikawa
8 1/4in (20.9cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
1330
HATTORI TADASABURO (DIED 1939)
A pair of cloisonné-enamel vases
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, early 20th century
Each vessel set on splayed foot and worked
in jade-green enamel and silver wires, applied
with stylized animal-head handles and
decorated on the sides with archaic Chinese-
style zoomorphic and geometric designs,
signed on the reverse by the artist within
a circular reserve with a floral motif Kodo,
shibuichi and silver mounts
With a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed Shippo kabin and signed on the
underside of the lid Shippo Korin tsukuru and
sealed Korin
5 1/4in (13.3cm) high; 9 3/4in (24.7cm) wide
US$5,000 - 7,000 1329
1330
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