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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
SLENDER RECTANGULAR
BALUSTER VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase finely worked in silver wire of
varying gauge, decorated in mirror image
of of purple and white wisteria on the
shoulder entwined among vine trailing
above a profusion of flowering seasonal
flowers including lilies, irises, and assorted
chrysanthemums that continue over the
reverse of each vase, all reserved on a
midnight-blue ground, the neck and foot with
a narrow band enclosing repeated geometric
motifs, each vase unsigned; with a padded
storage box.
Each vase: 15.6cm (6 1/8in) high. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000 171

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
MINIATURE BALUSTER VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire of varying gauge
with sparrows in flight among flowering
cherry blossoms reserved on a midnight-
blue ground, the neck and foot with a
narrow band of repeated foliate motifs, the
shoulder encircled by a simulated swirling
brocade decorated with stylised flower
heads interwoven among karakusa (‘Chinese
grasses’); each vase unsigned.
Each vase: 9cm (3 9/16in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000

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