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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
3255 Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of square-sided baluster form with a flared
mouth, worked in silver wire and polychrome
enamels with cartouches of a hawk and
cranes separated by narrow panels featuring
doves, all reserved on a floral brocade ground
repeated on the slender neck, the shoulder
with a band of wisteria and a tasseled foliate
band suspended from the rim
6in (15.4cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

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A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By the Ota Hyozo workshop, Meiji era
(late 19th century)
The faceted vase with an elongated neck
and worked in silver wire and polychrome
enamel with six lobed panels containing
flowers of the seasons, the rim, neck, collar
and foot adorned with geometric, floral and
lappet bands on a midnight blue ground,
with the impressed mark Ohyo on the foot,
silvered-copper mounts
6 1/8in (15.3cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

Provenance
Previously sold Bonhams, London, 16 May,
2013, lot 539.

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TWO PAIRS OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
VASES
Meiji era (late 19th century)
All worked in silver and gold wires and
polychrome enamels on a midnight-blue
or black ground; the first faceted ovoid,
decorated with shaped panels of a variety of
blossoming flowers on a sage green and tan
ground separated by floral and coiling wire
bands, a formal lappet collar with aventurine
highlights below a band of stiff leaves at the
rim, the foot with a geometric floral band,
silvered-copper mounts; the second of
baluster form decorated with three shaped
panels of birds in flowers or on rocks and
waves against a yellow, blue or pink ground,
each panel connected by tasseled sections of
flower heads, the neck with tasseled garland
bands and formal lappet collars, the foot with
stiff-leaf bands, gilt-copper mounts
5in (12.7cm) high (the first); 7 1/4in (18.3cm)
high (the second)
$1,500 - 2,500

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