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A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By the Goto workshop, Meiji era (late 19th/ 3258
early 20th century)
The ovoid vessel with a slightly flared foot,
worked in musen and standard cloisonne
with silver wires and polychrome enamels
with a tranquil scene of fish in a stream under
a hanging branch of plum blossoms, with
impressed signature Goto on the underside,
gilt-metal mounts
6 1/4in (15.9cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Worked in silver and gold wire and
polychrome enamels with trailing wisteria
around the shoulder, the neck with dense
foliate scroll and the foot with a stiff-leaf
band, all on a midnight blue ground, gilt-
copper mounts
5 1/4in (13.1cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

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TWO PAIRS OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
VASES
Meiji era (late 19th century)
The first pair elongated ovoid set on
a splayed foot and an everted mouth,
decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
and silver wire with a continuous design of
trailing wisteria on a midnight-blue ground,
silvered-copper mounts; the second pair
baluster form worked in silver and gold
wire, decorated in polychrome enamels with
birds of prey perched on plum branches
above bamboo on a midnight blue ground,
silvered-copper mounts
Both 7 3/8in (18.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

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