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100 | NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI: A HEXAGONAL
CLOISONNÉ VASE WITH SUZUME, C. 1900

By Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927), signed Kyoto Namikawa
Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Published: Bonham’s Knightsbridge, London, Japanese Works of
Art, 24 March 1993, lot 107 (pictured on the cover).

The hexagonal vase with a short, slender neck and a tapering body,
the rim, foot ring and recessed base of silver. Finely decorated in
bright colors with a single sparrow flying above flowering plum
and kiku on a midnight blue ground. Signed to the base KYOTO
NAMIKAWA.
HEIGHT 19 cm
WEIGHT 312 g

Condition: Absolutely perfect condition with no damages
whatsoever, only minimal wear to the base.
Provenance: Bonham’s Knightsbridge, London, Japanese Works of
Art, 24 March 1993, lot 107. An English private collection, acquired
from the above and thence by descent.

AUCTION COMPARISON
A box with a similar motif by
Namikawa Yasuyuki was sold at
Christies New York, Japanese &
Korean Art, 24 March 2010, lot 527
(sold for 80,500 USD).

Estimate EUR 6,000
Starting price EUR 3,000

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