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365*
A BALUSTER CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By Ota Shunjiro (Tamura I, 1864-1931), Meiji (1868-1912)
or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century
Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge with seven butterflies
in flight in different directions over the midnight-blue ground, the
shoulder and neck with a wide band of dense stylized foliate motifs
and flowering paulownias interwoven among karakusa (‘Chinese
grasses’), the neck and foot with narrow bands of foliate motifs,
stamped on the base Tamura zo. 26cm (10¼in) high.

£20,000 - 30,000
JPY2,800,000 - 4,100,000
US$25,000 - 37,000

The seal is illustrated in Frederic T. Schneider, The Art of Japanese
Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the
Present, Jefferson NC, McFarland, 2010, p.256, no.202.

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