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A SMALL SLENDER OVOID CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
By Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927), Meiji era (1868-1912), By Ota Tamejiro (active Meiji era), Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century late 19th century/early 20th century
Intricately worked in silver wire with two two butterflies shown on Each worked in silver wire with exotic birds in flight among flowering
the reverse hovering over a clump of flowering nadeshiko (pinks) branches of cherry blossoms above a profusion of other flowers of the
bending in the gentle breeze, reserved on a midnight blue ground, four seasons including daffodils, irises, lilies, chrysanthemums and bush
the neck with a wide band of stylized half chrysanthemum blossoms, clovers on the ground, the neck and foot with a narrow band of formal
signed on the base with chiselled cursive characters on a silver plaque foliate motifs, each signed on the base with the mark of Ota Tamejiro;
Kyoto Namikawa; applied with a silver rim and foot. with a wood storage box. Each vase 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (3).
15.7cm (6¼in) high.
£10,000 - 15,000
£2,000 - 3,000 JPY1,400,000 - 2,100,000
JPY280,000 - 410,000 US$12,000 - 19,000
US$2,500 - 3,700
The seal is illustrated in Frederic T. Schneider, The Art of Japanese
For the biography of this artist, please refer to lot 362. Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the
Present, Jefferson NC, McFarland, 2010, p.253, no.163.

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