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A TALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VESSEL AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century By Miwa Tomisaburo (dates unknown), Nagoya,
Intricately worked in silver wire with two large panels enclosing Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
a different seasonal scene, one of autumn depicting an eagle Intricately worked in gold wire with one sparrow in flight and two
perched on a maple tree and eyeing a sparrow flying amongst kiku perched among flowering plum branches on a midnight-blue ground,
(chrysanthemum), fuyo (cotton rosemallow) and hagi (bush clover) on the foot with a band of lappets enclosing geometric motifs, the neck
a pink ground, the other of spring with a pheasant perched among encircled with a narrow band of chrysanthemum blossoms among
flowering yamazakura (mountain cherry) branches beneath trailing green karakusa (Chinese grasses), stamped on the base Mi in
wisteria, its mate standing among stalks of dandelions on a pale hiragana within a floral cartouche; the unassociated cover decorated
blue ground, the neck with a band of roundels of ho-o (phoenixes) with autumnal flowers and surmounted by a gold finial in the form of a
interwoven among stylized chrysanthemum blossoms, all reserved on chrysanthemum bud.
an aventurine-flecked ground decorated with stylized birds and foliate 13.5cm (5¼in) high. (2).
motifs, unsigned; with a separate elaborately carved and pierced
circular wood stand. £10,000 - 15,000
The vase 93cm (36 5/8in) high, JPY1,400,000 - 2,100,000
the wood stand 7cm x 32cm (2¾in x 12½in). (2). US$12,000 - 19,000

£3,000 - 4,000 The seal is illustrated in Frederic T. Schneider, The Art of Japanese
JPY410,000 - 550,000 Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the
US$3,700 - 5,000 Present, Jefferson NC, McFarland, 2010, p.250, no.126.

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