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182*
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-
ENAMEL VASES IN THE FORM OF
MORNING GLORY
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
early 20th century
Each vase naturalistically rendered with the
trumpet-shaped calyx rising from arrow-
shaped leaves outlined in gilt wire encircling
the foot and opening up in blooming petals
in shades of pink forming the flared rim,
each vase unsigned; with two cloth-covered
storage boxes.
Each vase: 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (4).
£6,000 - 8,000
JPY910,000 - 1,200,000
US$8,200 - 11,000

183
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
BALUSTER VASES
By the Inaba workshop, Kyoto,
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
early 20th century
Each vase worked in silver wire with an
identical design, the upper section of the
body decorated with a wide continuous band
enclosing stencil-like floral motifs, the neck
and foot encircled with similar hanging floral
pendants, reserved on a monochrome pale-
brown ground, each vase signed on the base
in silver wire with the seal mark of the Inaba
workshop; with two unrelated small wood
stands. Each vase: 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high. (4).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,700
184*
AN IMPRESSIVE IMPERIAL
PRESENTATION CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
BALUSTER VASE
By Ando Jubei, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The body finely decorated in musen and
silver wire with a plump sparrow about to
alight on a leafy flowering stem hung with
one ripe aubergine, the waisted neck with
a large sixteen-petalled white kikumon
(chrysanthemum crest) worked in gold wire,
reserved on a pale-beige cream ground,
applied with a silver rim and foot, signed on
the base with the silver wire seal of Ando
Jubei; with a cloth-covered storage box.
37cm (14½in) high. (2).
£25,000 - 30,000
JPY3,800,000 - 4,500,000
US$34,000 - 41,000
Published:
Sano Museum, Kindai kogei no hana, Meiji no
shippo (Belle of Modern Crafts: Meiji-Period
Cloisonné), exh.cat., Shizuoka, 2008, p.25, pl.19. 184

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