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A FINE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
Attributed to Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (late 19th century) By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of baluster form with a slightly stepped foot and decorated with Of tapered ovoid form, worked in sculpted silver wire and polychrome
sparrows in flight and perched in a maple tree above blossoming enamels on a black ground with a richly-colored autumn maple
flowers, worked in silver and gold and sculpted silver wires and in above a dense cluster of flowering chrysanthemums, lilies, irises and
polychrome enamels on a midnight blue ground, the neck with a pinks, with a solitary butterfly, the neck decorated with a band of
lappet collar containing foliate scroll below floral chevrons and tight stylized butterflies below chrysanthemum lozenges, the foot similarly
key-frets, the foot with a band of lozenges, silvered metal mounts decorated, with the Hayashi Kodenji workshop mark
6 7/8in (17.7cm) high 9 7/8in (25.1cm) high
$3,500 - 4,500 $4,000 - 6,000

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