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ATTRIBUTED TO OTA TOSHIRO TSUKAMOTO HIKOKICHI A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
A Moriage and Tomei-Jippo Cloisonné-Enamel A Cloisonné-Enamel Vase TALL OVOID VASE
Lobed Squat Vase Meiji era (1868-1912), Meiji (1868-1912)
Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) late 19th/early 20th century or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Worked in silver wire and polychrome enamels Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge
Worked in silver wire and polychrome enamels with a three-clawed dragon, its snake-like with tall stems of overlapping autumn and
with a clump of blooming purple and pink body writhing across the upper section of the summer blooms including aoi (hollyhock),
irises on a hammered and stippled, graduated vase, the neck and foot with shield-shaped kiku (chrysanthemum), hagi (bush clover),
cobalt-blue ground, stamped on the base with panels enclosing repeated foliate motifs; suisen (narcissi), and iigiri (idesia polycarpa),
the mark of Ota Toshiro; with a wood stand. signed on the base with the flower mark three butterflies hovering on the reverse, the
10.2cm (4in) high. (2). of Tsukamoto Hikokichi. neck and foot with botan (peony) interwoven
24.5cm 9 5/8in) high. among karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’) reserved
£1,500 - 2,000 on a haiao (grey-blue) ground, applied with
JPY290,000 - 390,000 £2,000 - 3,000 a silver rim and foot; unsigned.
US$2,000 - 2,600 JPY390,000 - 580,000 46.5cm (18 1/8in) high.
US$2,600 - 3,900
For the same mark, see Frederic T. Schneider, £8,000 - 10,000
The Art of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel: JPY1,600,000 - 1,900,000
History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to US$10,000 - 13,000
the Present, Jefferson, N.C., McFarland &
Company, Inc., 2010, p.253, nos.166-167.

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