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3260 A PAIR OF SQUARE-SIDED CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (late 19th century)
3261 Worked in gold and silver wire with four shaped panels with a variety of
birds and flowers against a blue or grey ground, surrounding areas with
stylized butterflies and flowers among tightly scrolling vines all against a
black ground, a broad band of seashells and stylized waves encircling
the splayed foot, the neck with a band of floral lozenges bordered by a
stiff-leaf collar and a key-fret rim, silvered-copper mounts
9 3/4in (24.8cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

3260
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Each of baluster from and worked in silver wire and polychrome
enamels with a scene of small birds amid various types of flowering
chrysanthemum on a dark blue ground, floral lappet bands at the foot
and slightly flaring rim, silvered metal mounts
11 3/4in (30cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN MICHAEL KAUFFMANN

3261
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL BOTTLE VASES
Meiji era (early 20th century)
Designed in polychrome enamels and copper wire on a pale
pink ground with sparrows flying above a dense growth of
chrysanthemums and bush clover by a stream, the foot with a stylized
stiff-leaf band, the rim bordered with key-frets, gilt-copper mounts
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500

OTHER PROPERTIES

3262
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By Miwa Tomisaburo, Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of ovoid form and worked in silver wire of varying widths with fan-
form panels with designs of birds, butterflies and flowering plants
in polychrome enamel, the ground decorated with a profusion of
chrysanthemum heads and butterflies in rich blue ginbari, silvered
bronze mounts, with the workshop mark on the foot
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

3263
A FACETED CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Meiji era (early 20th century)
The six-sided vessel set on beast-mask feet and fitted with a domed
cover pierced with chrysanthemum petals and surmounted with a
chrysanthemum finial and decorated in silver wires and polychrome
enamels with shaped panels containing scenes of various birds and
flowers on a green, blue or purple background, the remaining surfaces
designed with geometric or hollyhock vines, a collar of formal lappets on
the shoulder, the cover with a continuation of the pattern, underside with a
swirl of clouds in colored enamels on a black ground, silvered-copper liner
3 1/2in (8.9cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

3264
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL KODANSU (CABINET)
By the Inaba workshop, 20th century
Rectangular, fitted with three drawers and worked in silver wire
and polychrome enamels with lobed reserves of birds and flowers
and a phoenix, the surrounding areas with leafy tendrils and
chrysanthemums on an indigo blue ground, the gilt hardware carved
with scrolling vines, the underside with the Inaba workshop mark
7 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 5 5/8in (18.1 x 11.1 x 14.3cm)
$1,200 - 1,800

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