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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 5018
A GROUP OF FIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES
5014 Meiji/Taisho era
The first four worked in polychrome enamels on a black enamel
TWO IRON MODELS OF FOWL ground, including one of globular form with song birds amid flowering
Taisho/Showa era wisteria and chrysanthemum; one of slender baluster shape with a
Cast as a pair of fighting roosters, one rearing up with its right claw sparrow and blossoming prunus, an ovoid vase with a pair of cranes
raised, the other crouching down, each with elaborate plumage, in flight; a compressed ovoid vase decorated with sparrows, bamboo
unsigned. and flowering cherry tree; the last with hibiscus reserved on a sky blue
9 3/4 and 8in (25 and 20.5cm) high enamel ground, with impressed company mark (some wear).
7 1/4in (18.5cm) height of first
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,000
5015
A SILVER VASE WITH GILT ACCENTS
Miyamoto Company, 20th century PROPERTY FROM THE DR. SYLVAN AND FAITH GOLDER
The exterior with a Florentine-type finish and applied to one side COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
with a small gilt medallion of chrysanthemum in low relief, the base
impressed jungin above the seal Miyamoto kinsei (respectfully made by 5019
Miyamoto); with a wooden storage box (small dent). TWO STAG ANTLER PIPECASES (KISERUZUTSU)
7 1/8in (18.2cm) high Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century
The first of the senryu-zutsu type with an oval opening to one side, the
opposite side carved with a bamboo vase holding a small spray of pine
US$800 - 1,200 needles and a large branch of prunus pierced near the top to form a
suspension loop, with stained details; the second of the otoshi-zutsu
5016 type and carved with the legend Omi hakkei (Eight Views of Omi),
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE accompanied by eight small landscape vignettes in low relief (handling
Meiji era, late 19th century wear).
Of baluster form and decorated with a cockerel and hen feeding in 8 1/8 and 7 3/4in (20.8 and 19.9cm) long
a flowering landscape with iris, wisteria, chrysanthemum, Chinese
bell flower, bush clover and other types of blossoms picked out in US$1,000 - 1,500
polychrome enamels on a mirror black enamel ground, the rim and
foot with bands of seigaiha design in shades of purple (wear to gilt rim
bands, drilled). 5020
14 3/8in (36.6cm) high A STAG ANTLER PIPECASE (KISERUZUTSU)
By Kokusai (1861-1911), dated 1889
US$1,000 - 1,500 Of the muso-zutsu type, of two sections and carved in sunken
relief with seven scattered uchiwa fans, each with a different design
heightened with dark stain, the top of the main section with a narrow
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTOR band of linked scrolls and small loop for suspension, one of the fans
inscribed Meiji nijuni aki (Meiji 22 (1889) autumn) Takeda Kokusai (minor
5017 handling wear).
8 1/8in (20.8cm) long
A GROUP OF FIVE METAL ITEMS
Late Edo period/Meiji era
Comprising a rectangular cigarette case, damascened with silver and US$1,500 - 2,500
gold on steel, the front depicting a Heian era courtier and beauty on
a veranda, the reverse with a peacock in a flowering landscape, each
within a border of linked vines, the decorated interior with dedication
and signed Nihon-kuni Kyoto-ju Komai-sei, with silver fittings; and an
assembled group of four mixed metal decorated bronze fuchi (2) and
kashira (2), the Goto-school kashira fitted as a broach and one fuchi
signed Noriyuki (d. 1787).
4 x 3in (10 x 7.5cm) dimensions of case

US$800 - 1,000

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