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A PAIR OF MATCHING CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL LARGE BOWL
CHAWAN (TEA BOWLS) AND COVERS By Hayashi Tanigoro, probably Taisho era (1912-1926), 20th century
By Hayashi Tanigoro, Nagoya, Meiji (1868-1912) Delicately worked in musen enamel with a continuous band of peony
or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century blossoms and foliage on a white ground, the interior decorated with
Each bowl intricately worked in gold wire of varying gauge with stylised the auspicious character Ju outlined in silver wire within a square seal,
motifs of butterflies and exotic long-tailed birds hovering amongst floral the rim and foot of silver, signed on the footrim jungin (Pure silver) and
sprays and maple leaves, the covers similarly embellished, all reserved incised with the lozenge-seal mark of the Hayashi workshop, with an
on a peach ground, the rims and feet applied in silver; each bowl unrelated lacquered-wood handled cover; with a wood storage box.
signed on the base in silver wire with seal Hayashi Tani. 12cm x 21.5cm (4¾in x 8½in). (3).
Each tea bowl: 8.2cm x 12cm (3¼in x 4¾in). (4).
£1,500 - 2,000
£3,000 - 4,000 JPY230,000 - 300,000
JPY450,000 - 610,000 US$2,000 - 2,700
US$4,100 - 5,400
An identical pair of chawan by Hayashi Tanigoro, in the Kiyomizu
Sannenzaka Museum in Kyoto, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
issued by the Sano Museum in Shizuoka Prefecture, Kindai Kogei no
Hana, Meiji no Shippo, 2008, p.34, pl.39.

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