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A SMALL OCTAGONAL
373 CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
228 | BONHAMS Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa era
(1926-1989), early 20th century
Worked in gilt wire in varying gauge with
an all-over design of overlapping roundels
enclosing a myriad of motifs including:
dragons, phoenixes, plovers in flight over
waves, auspicious symbols butterflies and
assorted flowers, reserved on a ground of
repeated shippo-zunagi (linked-jewel) and
whorl patterns; stamped on the base with a
single character Shin within a square reserve.
16cm (6¼in) high.

£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$990 - 1,200

372*
A SLENDER OCTAGONAL
CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By Ota Kichisaburo (active circa 1860-1910),
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The slender hexagonal body decorated wth
tapering panels of different seasonal bird-
and-flower scenes including cranes perched
on wave-lashed rocks, trailing branches of
cherry blossoms and irises, bush clover,
chrysanthemum and Chinese bellflowers, all
worked in silver and gilt wire of varying gauge,
the neck, shoulder, and foot with bands of
geometric and foliate motifs; stamped on the
base with the mark of Ota Kichisaburo.
16cm (6¼in) high.

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY340,000 - 410,000
US$3,100 - 3,700

373
372 AN OVOID CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL

AND PORCELAIN VASE
The cloisonné by Suzuki Seiichiro,
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated with an all-over design of butterflies
hovering among repeated stylized stalks of
spider chrysanthemum and peonies among
fragmented shippo-zunagi (linked-jewel)
enclosed within cloud cartouches on a blue
ground, the rim and foot painted in underglaze
blue with a band of formal foliate motifs;
signed on the base in iron red Nihon seizo
Shippo Gaisha ko Suzuki Seiichiro (Made
in Japan by Suzuki Seiichiro of the Shippo
Company). 23.5cm (9¼in) high.

£800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 170,000
US$990 - 1,500

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.