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KUMENO TEITARO (1861-1939)
A cloisonné-enamel vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Worked in colored enamels and silver wire
with a farmhouse and waterwheel by a
stream and willow tree, the background
with a distant mountain in musen technique
against a light blue sky, signed on the
underside with the mark of the Kumeno
Workshop, silver rim and foot
9 1/4in (23.5cm) high
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US$5,000 - 7,000

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KUMENO TEITARO (1861-1939)
A partial tomei jippo cloisonné-enamel vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The exaggerated trumpet vase decorated
on the exterior with trailing white wisteria
blossoms and leaves in standard cloisonné
in green and brown enamels and silver wire
and transparent green of varying hues, and
colorless enamels over an engraved silver
substrate, the interior of the mouth engraved
with wisteria against a stippled ground
and covered with transparent light green
enamel, the vase applied with silver wisteria-
shaped handles, mounts silver, signed on
the underside with the stamped mark of the
Kumeno Workshop
10in (25.3cm) high

US$8,000 - 12,000

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