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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (late 19th century) FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART | 137
Of baluster form with squared shoulder, worked in gold and silver wire
and polychrome enamels with swallows perched on wisteria vines
above stands of blossoming flowers, the foot with a key-fret band,
copper mounts
8 1/4in (20.9cm) high
$800 - 1,200

3269
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (late 19th/early 20th century)
Of square-shouldered baluster form and worked in silver wire and
polychrome enamels with a stands of flowers before a plum or cherry
tree and a pair of doves on a midnight blue ground, the foot and collar
with geometric bands, silvered metal mounts
6in (15.1cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800

3270
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of baluster form with a slightly splayed foot, worked in silver wire and
polychrome enamels on a sky blue ground with a flock of birds fleeing
from a kestrel hidden in the branches of maple tree above a cluster of
flowering chrysanthemums, floral lappets encircling the rim and foot,
silvered metal mounts
14 5/8in (37cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500