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A PAIR OF SMALL CLOISONNÉ VASES WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS A PAIR OF SMALL CLOISONNÉ VASES WITH CRANES HEIGHT 6.2 CM
Colored enamel cloisonné. Japan, Meiji period Colored enamel cloisonné. Japan, Meiji period
Condition: Very good condition
Both vases have ovoid shapes and everted lips. The floral composition on a deep black-blue A pair of cloisonné vases with bulbous bodies, everted lips and short Provenance: From an Austrian private
background is rather free and very lively in a decorative way, showing tangled branches of necks. Each vase shows two white tancho tsuru in flight on a black- collection, formerly collection Doblhof
the plum tree ume but also other blossoms and leaves, including lotus. blue background. These are red-crowned cranes, symbols of luck and
longevity in East Asia. All four cranes are wearing their ‘red crowns’,
HEIGHT 14.7 CM or tancho. With wood box. Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-
Condition: Very good condition
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection, formerly collection Doblhof
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Estimate EUR 2.000,- A PLIQUE-À-JOUR BOWL
Starting price EUR 1.000,- WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Colored plique-à-jour, enamel
and silver. Japan, Meiji period
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A PAIR OF SMALL CLOISONNÉ enamel, called shotai-shippo
VASES WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS in Japan. The metal base
Colored enamel cloisonné. Japan, Meiji was etched away, leaving
period the enamel to appear like
glass. It has a light yellowish
A pair of cloisonné vases with color and shows different
compressed bodies, elegantly high chrysanthemum blossoms
necks and everted lips. White blossoms in a very lively composition.
on tangled branches of a plum tree, The delicate ring-shaped foot
or ume. Each vase also shows a and lip are silver. The shotai-
small bird (in different colors) on the shiippo technique came to
highest branch. Other blossoming Japan via France around 1900.
plants around the base. Very fine
composition. With original box. HEIGHT 5 CM, DIAMETER
11.2 CM
HEIGHT 9 CM
Condition: Some hairlines in
Condition: Very good condition the enamel but overall good
Provenance: From an Austrian private condition
collection Provenance: From an Austrian
private collection
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,- Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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