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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
With a hexagonal rim and a splayed foot, worked in silver and gold
wire and polychrome enamels with a sparrow in a blossoming cherry
tree against a black ground, the neck and foot with floral lappets,
silvered rims
5 1/8in (13cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
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ATTRIBUTED TO NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI
A cloisonne-enamel ewer
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Of shallow ovoid form on short tripod feet, with a tall loop handle
and tapered spout, all worked in gold and silver wire and polychrome
enamels with circular roundels containing phoenixes, shishi, dragons,
and butterflies among floral scroll on a black ground, the edge
decorated with a band of repeated floral lozenges and the area
surrounding the cover with cherry florets, the inset circular cover
decorated with scattered blossoms and fitted with a chrysanthemum
finial, the handle with a continuation of the scattered blossom design,
the underside of the ewer decorated with chrysanthemum heads
floating on a stream against a mustard-yellow ground, gilt-metal
fittings
7in (17.7cm) wide
US$6,000 - 8,000
2227
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