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A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER BY
ANDO JUBEI, KOBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19 /EARLY 20 CENTURY
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Of circular convex form, the lid decorated with two cranes in flight on a deep
black ground, the rims and foot with white metal mounts, the base with the
mark for the Ando Jubei Company, 8.7cm. (2)
£400-600

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A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER, KOBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the lid elegantly decorated with
a ho-ho bird in flight, its long tail feathers trailing behind it and with its head
turned to the side, with flowering branches of paulownia below, all on a deep
black ground, 5.5cm x 9.7cm x 13.5cm. (2)
£300-500

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A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER,
KOBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY OR LATER
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Of circular convex form, the body and lid decorated with a design of
butterflies fluttering amongst many flowerheads on a baby blue ground,
8.5cm. (2)
£200-300
Provenance: from the collection of Richard Gordon Smith (1858-1918) and
thence by descent. Gordon Smith was an English traveller, sportsman and
naturalist who lived in Japan at the turn of the century. He transcribed traditional
myths in “Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan” (1908) and his diaries were later
published in “Travels in the Land of the Gods: The Japan Diaries of Richard
Gordon Smith” (1986).

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