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JAPANESE METALWORK

PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN ESTATE 9004
A SMALL GINBARI CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
9001 W By Ogasawara Shuzo, early 20th century
A MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE Decorated in translucent polychrome enamels with two goldfish
Meiji era swimming amid waterweeds on a ground gradually shading to bright
Decorated in polychrome enamels on a black ground with a pair of blue, the details sculpted into the silver-hued body, with gilt metal edge
small birds perched on a branch of purple flowering wisteria, the bands, the base impressed with a two-character maker’s mark (some
blossoming vines extending over the ovoid body and waisted neck, wear to the base).
narrow scallop-edged bands at the rim and foot, with metal edge 4 3/4in (12.2cm) high
bands.
36 1/2in (92.7cm) high US$1,000 - 1,500

US$4,000 - 6,000 PROPERTY FROM A SONOMA COUNTY COLLECTION

9002 9005
A CHAMPLEVÉ LAMP WITH MATCHING SHADE TWO PAIRS OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era Meiji era, late 19th century
The body with a wide neck and compressed ovoid body raised on Each designed in polychrome enamels on a black ground, the larger
a pedestal base, the neck and main section cast with scattered featuring mirror images of various types of flowering chrysanthemums,
blossoms picked out in multicolored enamels and reserved on a narrow stylized foliate bands at the rim and encircling the base,
finely patterned thunder-pattern ground; the hemispherical shade unsigned; the smaller decorated with complementary views of
with an en suite openwork design of linked colored enamel blossoms blossoming poppy and Chinese bell-flower, unsigned (one with a star
terminating in a tall finial and lined with cream-colored silk (electrified, crack).
soiled, some wear). 7 3/8 and 3 1/8in (18.7 and 8cm) high
24 3/8in (62cm) height overall
US$800 - 1,200
US$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
9003
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PLATE 9006
Meiji era, late 19th century A PATINATED BRONZE OKIMONO OF A FISH
The sloping interior decorated in polychrome enamels with two By the Maruki Company, Meiji era
reserves, one a rectangular panel depicting a samurai general drinking Finely cast as a rather ferocious creature with blowfish-inspired
a cup of sake while seated within a camp enclosure, the other in the features, the substantial body twisting slightly and mouth partially
shape of a folding fan and featuring sparrows and bamboo, all on a open, the eyes heightened with shakudo and gold, the underside with
stylized brocade-patterned ground and encircled by a garland band at a seal reading Nihon-koku Maruki-sei (base scuffed).
the rim, the underside with a scroll pattern on a beige ground. 9 1/4in (23.5cm) long
17 1/2in (44.8cm) diameter

US$1,500 - 2,000 US$1,200 - 1,800

9007 - 9008
NO LOTS

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